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The River Of Perseverance
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 13/12/2012
» The Crown Property Bureau presents the exhibition, ''The River Of Perseverance'', with the use of modern technology, at the Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue until Jan 1.
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Pla Thoo festival
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 20/12/2012
» From today until Dec 23, food enthusiasts are invited to the 15th Pla Thoo Eating and Mae Klong Famous Products Festival held in front of the Provincial Hall, Muang Samut Songkhram. Pla thoo is a kind of fish belonging to Scombridae family and Rastrelliger species like the mackerel. They live in groups off the shoreline to a depth of 200m. Three types of pla thoo are found in Thai waters _ short-bodied or Indo-Pacific mackerel, Indian mackerel (pla thoo lang) and island mackerel (pla thoo pak jingjok).
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Fuming over first-car scheme
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 27/12/2012
» The worst is yet to come for Bangkok's traffic. Over the past few months, I have spent twice as much time as before stuck in traffic jams. Although I am not an expert, I believe this has something to do with the government's first-car scheme. The programme allows new car buyers to claim tax rebates of up to 100,000 baht per vehicle per person. Since its inception, more than one million new vehicles have been purchased, or about 30,000 new cars a day. By the end of this year, the number of the "first cars" is likely to exceed 1.2 million.
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Thai tourism biz goes digital
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 27/12/2012
» Surfing online one day, I was checking a Facebook news feed when I came across the TAT governor's fan page: IamSuraphon. Seeing a lot of information about tourist attractions and festivals in Thailand listed there, I realised for the first time how seriously the Tourism Authority of Thailand is viewing the Net, and social networking sites in particular, as a marketing tool.
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The zhuang cultural connection
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 25/10/2012
» About three hours' drive from Guilin in China's Guangxi province is Ping An, a Zhuang village famous for its beautiful terraced rice fields and millennia-old culture.
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Rare ceremony marks end of Buddhist Lent
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 25/10/2012
» This year's three-month Buddhist Lent ends on Oct 30 (the 11th lunar month's full-moon day). To mark the occasion, a rare ceremony called Takbart Khao Tom Luk Yon will take place in Saraburi and Lop Buri on Oct 31 and the country's only Rub Bua ceremony will be held in Samut Prakan on Oct 29.
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The Protestant Cemetery
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 31/10/2012
» Even without the intimidating darkness or the sounds of dogs howling, you could get goose-bumps when stepping into the Protestant Cemetery, or Susan Farang as it is called in Thai, on Charoen Krung Road. Behind the green iron fence lie hundreds of tombstones.
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A route less travelled
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 01/11/2012
» The river breeze blew sprays of water which tickled our skin when a long-tailed boat whisked down the Khlong Dan Canal past our chartered boat. Our boat was travelling down the Chao Phraya River to Khlong Dao Khanong, Khlong Dan and Khlong Bangkok Yai canals to visit religious and cultural sites.
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Chak Phra in Surat Thani
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 01/11/2012
» From now until Sunday, the southern province of Surat Thani is hosting annual religious ceremonies and traditional boat races to mark the end of the Buddhist Lent.
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A royal legacy
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/11/2012
» The annual khon masked dance performance by the Support Foundation is back, spectacular as ever. Rendering different episodes from the Ramakien, the show is remarkable for its impeccable beauty of dancing, singing, voiceover, dialogue, costume and overall imagination which has been a model of consistency over the years.
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