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Discover Siam's Ancient Capitals

Story posted: 28. May 2011 by CPA Media

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Discover Siam's Ancient Capitals

 

The earliest known civilisation in Thailand dates from around 3600 BC, when the people of Ban Chiang in the northeast developed bronze tools, fired pottery, and began to cultivate wet paddy rice. At this time the Tai people who have given their name to the kingdom did not even inhabit the region of present day Thailand, but are thought to have been living in loosely organised groups in what is now southern…

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Lords of Life - The Royal Dynasties of Thailand

Story posted: 28. May 2011 by CPA Media

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Lords of Life - The Royal Dynasties of Thailand

   

 

Thai people take the institution of the monarchy very seriously. Ever since the first independent Thai kingdom was established at Sukhothai some seven and a half centuries ago, the Thais have been ruled over by kings. It is true that, since the revolution of 1932, the monarchy has been constitutional – but the Thais continue to love and honour their royal…

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Chiang Mai and the Lan Na Kingdom

Story posted: 28. May 2011 by CPA Media

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Chiang Mai and the Lan Na Kingdom

Khon Muang, or “People of the Principalities”, is the name most commonly applied by the people of northern Thailand to themselves. In times past they have been referred to variously as the Tai Yuan—a name now considered to be somewhat derogatory, and therefore no longer in favour—and also, somewhat misleadingly, as the “Northern Lao”. Sometimes, indeed, they were referred to as…

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Palaces of the Gods: Khmer Temples of Isaan

Story posted: 21. May 2011 by CPA Media

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Palaces of the Gods: Khmer Temples of Isan

 

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The high plateaus of northeastern Thailand -- or Isan, as the region is most commonly known today -- boast the country's longest and most continuous cultural heritage. From Asia's earliest bronze-age culture 4000 years ago to present-day Thai nationhood, Isan has remained intimate with virtually every key historical transition mainland Southeast Asia has seen.

 

Of these important…

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Phuket's Bloody Vegetarian Festival

Story posted: 18. May 2011 by CPA Media

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Phuket's Bloody Vegetarian Festival

 

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Phuket's most unusual religious happening is the Vegetarian Festival, which is celebrated during the first nine days of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. In practice, this usually falls in late September or early October.

The festival marks the start of Taoist Lent, when devout Sino-Thais abstain from eating meat of all kinds. In Phuket, the festival activities centre on six Chinese temples,…

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The Black Tai of Thailand's Loei Province

Story posted: 18. May 2011 by CPA Media

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The Black Tai of Thailand's Loei Province

 

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Few people, even in Thailand, know much in detail about the Tai Dam or ‘Black Tai’ people. Certainly they are one of the numerous Tai-speaking sub groups scattered across mainland Southeast Asia from Assam to Guangdong, rather like the Tai Yai of Burma’s Shan State, the Tai Lu of China’s Sipsongpanna region, and the Tai Phuan of Xieng Khouang in Laos. But beyond this simple fact, little…

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