The fabric of society | Bangkok Post: feature

covers tory The fabric of society

28/04/2012 : Her Majesty the Queen was allergic to dust, her deputy private secretary Thanpuying Charungjit Teekara recalled. Yet, the Queen would gradually roll out and closely inspect sheet after sheet of dust-tinged woven fabrics brought to her by the late Thanpuying Suprapada Kasemsant, Thanpuying Charungjit and the special team who were sent to scout the rural areas in the northeast of Thailand in search of the cultural heritage hidden in the threads of this home-made commodity.

Isolated village reveres hermits

28/04/2012 : A remote Karen village in western Thailand has become the subject of public fascination as a place where numerous hermits dwell.

BUZZING

London joins Songkran celebrations

23/04/2012 : It's Songkran, anyone can get wet _ even those in the heart of London _ as the Tourism Authority of Thailand turned St Martin's Courtyard, Covent Garden, into the celebration ground for the traditional Thai new year.

Keeping culture alive in northern thailand

23/04/2012 : The metal coins strung onto the traditional costume of Mon-ngo tour guides stole the attention of visitors to this remote Hmong village. The coins hitting one another sounded like chimes as the visitors trekked through the forest.

Heritage of Songkran festival

09/04/2012 : To mark the Songkran celebration, Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall is holding "The Glorious Story of Nitasrattanakosin: The Heritage of Songkran and Thai Lifestyle" festival which will feature many cultural performances and activities from April 12-15.

Super Songkran!

05/04/2012 : Paradise Park invites the whole families to celebrate the Thai New Year during the "Paradise Park: The Greatest Songkran Festival 2012", which will feature a lot of activities from April 11-17.

CITY LIFE

Historic canal feels the pressure of modern life

31/03/2012 : Almost 500 years ago, a royal command was issued for a canal to be dug through a land plot in front of an area that is currently the Tha Phrachan campus of Thammasat University.

FEATURE

Do not pass

30/03/2012 : The recent fight between BTS security guards and an Irish man over his daughter's balloons at Phrom Phong station produced one good thing. It's now etched in people's minds (probably for the first time) that innocent balloons are forbidden within the Skytrain system because they are inflammable and, therefore, considered a threat to passenger safety. There goes our plan to suck in helium and talk funny to pass time on the train.

Friends at your fingertip

30/03/2012 : The perception that the older you get, the harder it is to learn computers is not really correct, as students at Oppy (Old People Playing Young) Club will attest to. They can show the routes of old people and computers are not absolutely in divergence.

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41st anniversary of independence and national day of Bangladesh

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