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Lessons from yesteryear: How the quiet roots of Songkran can help us today

Lessons from yesteryear: How the quiet roots of Songkran can help us today

All About Buddhism: From patchwork to nanoparticles: The journey of the cloth

All About Buddhism: From patchwork to nanoparticles: The journey of the cloth

The History of Phuket: The social fabric of early Phuket

The History of Phuket: The social fabric of early Phuket

All about Buddhism: Phra Siam Devadhiraj the Deva of protection for the people of Siam

All about Buddhism: Phra Siam Devadhiraj the Deva of protection for the people of Siam

The ‘Angyee’ Chinese Riots of 1876

The ‘Angyee’ Chinese Riots of 1876

Musing in the Mire: The Raving Twenties, How this decade might not be so roaring

Musing in the Mire: The Raving Twenties, How this decade might not be so roaring
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Lessons from yesteryear: How the quiet roots of Songkran can help us today
Lessons from yesteryear: How the quiet roots of Songkran can help us today
Sunday 12 April 2020, 01:00PM
It was the biggest water festival in the world. The party lasted all night long. Every year, it attracted over 500,000 foreign tourists; to say nothing of the millions Thais who perennially returned to their hometowns in anticipation of the celebration. It brought in revenue of over B22 billion and, well, I suppose you really could say “it was the biggest show on Earth!”
All About Buddhism: From patchwork to nanoparticles: The journey of the cloth
All About Buddhism: From patchwork to nanoparticles: The journey of the cloth
Saturday 29 February 2020, 10:30AM
I was recently asked why there are so many different colours of Buddhist robes in Thailand and Asia? It seems like a simple question, but in reality, the answers are complicated and sometimes even contradict each other.
The History of Phuket: The social fabric of early Phuket
The History of Phuket: The social fabric of early Phuket
Saturday 22 February 2020, 12:00PM
Prostitution and the availability of slave women for sale meant that sex workers were never a thriving business in Phuket until later in the 19th century when thousands of single Chinese male “coolies” arrived to work in the tin mines.
All about Buddhism: Phra Siam Devadhiraj the Deva of protection for the people of Siam
All about Buddhism: Phra Siam Devadhiraj the Deva of protection for the people of Siam
Sunday 9 February 2020, 10:30AM
Those of us who are a little older and a little more grey, have witnessed a lot of changes in how we get our news every day. Thirty years ago, it was quite common to see throngs of people reading the morning newspaper and clutching a cup of coffee as they took in the headlines of the day.
The ‘Angyee’ Chinese Riots of 1876
The ‘Angyee’ Chinese Riots of 1876
Thursday 30 January 2020, 07:00PM
High taxation in the early1870’s placed backbreaking taxes on Phuket Tin mines. This extra tax burden on the Chinese mine owners and coolies happened to coincide with a fall in the world tin price in the mid-1870’s. With the mines so overtaxed, several became unprofitable and the mine owners laid off many workers or simply stopped paying their wages.
Musing in the Mire: The Raving Twenties, How this decade might not be so roaring
Musing in the Mire: The Raving Twenties, How this decade might not be so roaring
Sunday 19 January 2020, 12:00PM
Welcome to 2020. As we enter a new decade, we’ve all no doubt received the pseudo-positive message onslaught across all media, political hacks, friends and phonies alike about it all being a time for ‘change’.
All About Buddhism: Dem’ Dry Bones
All About Buddhism: Dem’ Dry Bones
Sunday 12 January 2020, 10:00AM
Recently, we had some events in Phuket that had me thinking more about my family’s deep American roots than about Patong Beach. You see, America’s Old South and modern-day Phuket actually have more in common than it may appear because they are two places that clutched their religious traditions tightly even as society grew more permissive in general.
Phuket History: The Tin’acious Dutch
Phuket History: The Tin’acious Dutch
Sunday 22 December 2019, 01:00PM
The Dutch had originally come to the Phuket peninsula to buy pepper. But as the market in Europe for porcelain, tea and silk began to boom they concentrated more on their trade with China and Japan. The problem was that Holland, in fact Europe, had few products that China needed. But China did always want tin, which was widely used in religious ceremonies and for making bronze (rust-proof) cannons. So the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, or VOC, widely known by it’s British name the Dutch East India Company, started to focus on obtaining tin in the Malay Peninsula for its China trade. For this it began to turn to the tin mines of southwestern Siam around Phuket. The official VOC “Dagregistrar” (records book) records that the first Dutch tin-buying expedition to Phuket had been in 1639 under Captain Orlando Thibault. However two years later, after conquering Ma­lacca in 1641, the Dutch moved more aggressively to expand their tin-buying activities up the surrounding peninsular west coast.
Holiday Miracles
Holiday Miracles
Sunday 22 December 2019, 11:00AM
It has often been said that the power of music is universal. For some reason, certain songs just have a way of staying with us and we’ve all experienced plenty of holiday songs which somehow managed to touch our souls; even though we couldn’t literally understand the words.
The Hollow Bone
The Hollow Bone
Saturday 14 December 2019, 10:00AM
Shamanism is an accepted way of life in Thailand that has been practiced for centuries.
Procession for the ages
Procession for the ages
Tuesday 10 December 2019, 10:00AM
The royal barge procession, marking the conclusion of the royal coronation ceremony, is fast approaching, having been rescheduled from Octo­ber 24 to December 12 due to water levels and currents in the Chao Phraya River, and weather conditions.
Jamie’s Phuket: Stepping into the past at the island’s museums
Jamie’s Phuket: Stepping into the past at the island’s museums
Sunday 8 December 2019, 03:00PM
There have been large changes to Phuket in recent years, mostly in terms of infrastruc­ture and the availability of such delights as shopping malls, resorts and huge home décor stores.
Phuket History: The Siamese character seen through foreign eyes
Phuket History: The Siamese character seen through foreign eyes
Sunday 24 November 2019, 03:00PM
Nicolas Gervaise, a French resident in Siam in 1688, says of the Siamese character: “They make no scruples about being a little [dissembling] and those to whom they sometimes show the greatest politeness and respect are those for whom in their heart they have often contempt and antipathy.
Ghosts of music past: Success stories from beyond the grave
Ghosts of music past: Success stories from beyond the grave
Monday 11 November 2019, 02:00PM
Congratulations. You survived another Halloween. Just when you thought it was safe to re­turn to the land of the living, the latest album releases blast out of limbo from somebody who didn’t.
Loy Krathong Festival: Give people the light and they will find their own way
Loy Krathong Festival: Give people the light and they will find their own way
Sunday 10 November 2019, 10:00AM
Loy Krathong has often been called “the festival of the lights” and it is one of South­east Asia’s most recognisable holidays. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tiny, hand-sized candlelit boats are sent out on Thai waterways to light up this very special evening.
Phuket Sikhs to honour birth anniversary of founder Guru Nanak
Phuket Sikhs to honour birth anniversary of founder Guru Nanak
Friday 8 November 2019, 03:05PM
The Sri Guru Singh Sabha Association and Thai-Sikh community of Phuket will celebrate the 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh religion, with a programme of events on Sunday, November 10 from 9:30am to 12:30pm at the Sikh gurdwara on Suthat Road.
Is the customer always a ‘customer’?
Is the customer always a ‘customer’?
Tuesday 5 November 2019, 10:00AM
There is nothing wrong with the salesgirl. In fact she is cheery and accommodating. Nevertheless, she is driving me crazy.
The Buddhist Pilgrimage: How ghosts of the past drive the believers of today
The Buddhist Pilgrimage: How ghosts of the past drive the believers of today
Sunday 27 October 2019, 03:00PM
Today, ardent devotees to Buddhism come from just about every corner of the world. Yet they often make a pilgrimage to India and Nepal, and it could be argued that one possible motivation for doing so is to seek out memories from the religion’s early days (ghosts of the past, so to speak).
Phuket History: Why Penang was colonised but Phuket was not
Phuket History: Why Penang was colonised but Phuket was not
Sunday 20 October 2019, 03:00PM
After 12 years of intrigues, Captain Francis Light [of the British East India Company (EIC)] and [his friend and business partner] James Scott had two islands potentially in their hands: Phuket and Penang – and an EIC in the mood to do something to obtain a base on the east side of the Bay of Bengal.
Community in action: The merits of the Sufficiency Economy philosophy: Part 2
Community in action: The merits of the Sufficiency Economy philosophy: Part 2
Sunday 29 September 2019, 03:00PM
Imagine for a moment that you are running for your life from a huge predator. Imagine that you are being chased down a seemingly endless cor­ridor by a mortal foe who is hot on your fleeing heels.
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