วันอาทิตย์ที่ 30 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2552

Buddhist Lent Day ; Khao Phansa Festival






Buddhist Lent Day is a period of three lunar months during the rainy season when monks are required to remain in one particular place or wat (temple). Khao Phansa Day is on the first day after the full moon of the eighth lunar month (this year is on July 14th,2003) and marks the beginning of the three-month Buddhist 'lent' period. The tradition of Buddhist Lent or the annual three-month rains retreat known in Thai as "Phansa". Khao Phansa means to remain in one place during the rainy season. Phansa represents a time of renewed spiritual vigor and Khao Phansa festival is a major Buddhism merit-making festival.


The day before Khao Phunsa Day is Asalha Puja Day. The day falls on the full moon of the eighth lunar month (July 13th,2003). This day is also very important in Buddhism. It was on this day that the Lord Buddha preached His sermon to followers after attaining enlightenment. The day is usually celebrated by merit making, listening to a monk's sermon, and joining a candle lit procession during the night.



During Khao Phunsa period monks should not venture out or spend the night in any other place except in cases of extreme emergency and, even then, their time away must not exceed seven consecutive nights. This is a time for contemplation and meditation for monk. The mork meditates more, studies more and teaches more. For Buddist Phansa is also customarily the season for temporary ordinations. Young men enter the monkhood for spiritual training, to gain merit for for themselves and their parents, it is a feeling that a man who has been a monk cannot be considered a mature adulf.


Ok Phansa Day marks the end of the Buddhist lent and falls on the full moon of the eleventh lunar month (October 10th,2003). This is a day of joyful celebration and merit-making too. For Thai families, it is also the day they welcome a son back into the home and celebrate his successful completion of a term in the temple. Two main important things will present to monks during Khao Pansa are the candles and garments worn by monks, especifically the bathing robe.
The candles were essential in former times for both ceremonies and studying scriptures during night time. The large candles that are made and given to the temple to create illumination in the belief that such a gift will likewise illuminate the mind. The presentation of garments worn by monks is said to have originated from methods of bathing in former times commonly done in community areas using streams, rivers, ponds and other sources of water with monks requiring a bathing robe.
The garments worn by monks continued to develop until the custom included presenting the entire arrangement worn by monks.Not only local people presents the candle to monk, some province in the Northeast of Thailand especially Ubon Ratchathanee province. In Ubon Ratchathanee, 629 km northeast of Bangkok, the Candle Festival is the province's most popular annual event.
The cerebration of the beginning of Buddhist Lent is marked by the ceremony of presenting candles to the monks. Various public and private organizations will organize a colorful candle processing. On the days before the event, Isan local arts make ornately carved beeswax candles of various sizes and shapes. On the day of the festival, the fabulous candles are paraded around the town on colorful floats, accompanied by displays of religious devotion. After the procession, they are presented to local temples.



At Sakonnakhorn province, the beautiful embellished beeswax candles were designed in different castle shapes. In this province, the wax castle celebration will start on the third day before the Buddhist Lent will be over. The wax castle procession will be organized and the religious ceremony will be on the last of Buddhist Lent (Ok Phunsa day). The story of History of Beeswax will be displayed next update.

วันเสาร์ที่ 29 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2552

Korat silk ( Muchada,Pakthongchai)

Thai silk
Thai silk is a heritage of dress that carry more than 3,000 each. Years ago, with major sources were the Northeast. And has expanded to North Upper. Until now has spread to every region of the country that are different in design.
Types of woven Thai. Fabric is one of the four factors of human life than food, housing and medicine.Agricultural society to be usable within the family weaving. The broadcast approach to weaving a female member. This is a mountain that is broadcast intellectual heritage.


Silk Production Process.
1.Dyeing silk.
To the raw silk has been used to dye the color as desired.
2. The dry silk.
To thread a dry dye. If the thread will damp musty. Could
3. Head spinning tube.
Yarn silk thread stand is to be made of sheet structure in the fabric of the entire length. Therefore, the preparation line will stand regardless of the woven fabric sheet that needs long and how wide. What number to brush teeth. Silk yarn is used to line small - grow. Good size, Jr..
4.Small spinning reel.
The silk yarn used in battle line. Will use the same thread number line stand. Different time or number. Depending on the fabric of the market or we want. If we measure the fabric width + length. Local line number is 1 inch long and has 40 lines to 40 lines tending to show that the number of lines + live battle lines. Must provide the same yarn weight yarn jump equal standing. If the number is more battle lines are compared using the criteria out of proportion to the line less than a line long jump.
5.The young silk.
To think that each woven fabrics like how long. Width of the fabric does. Width of the face fabric tooth comb all think of a few agencies that will be used. Then take the number of tube location in the tube to divide approximately stool. Will know that it will continue to see many full-page width of the fabric. The positive edge of the fabric both inside and go with.
6.Spinning silk.
Bring the thread to pull the coil to be done to keep young following.
7.To keep plot twist.
Must be collected before the bottom. When stored below finished it will roll back cloth to keep young top young all lines must equal tenseness. Otherwise, the woven fabric texture will not come out flat.
8.Weaving.
A sheet of woven fabric will be at next footboard. The left pedal, then a young rock tooth comb. Yarn to stand. The bottom rail attached to spindle and shock. Shuttle to the battle lines run from one side. Next to one another and affect toward switch fabric finished a foot from the left and right foot pedal spindle to the starting line running jump from one side to the other side one. Footboard spindle and then jump on to a cloth sheet following.


A Singer in Northeast, Thailand (Mor-Lum)

Mor-Lum-Zing
Mor-Lum is a profile of origin song in Laos and Northeast Thailand. Mor-Lum has many kinds, it up to rhythm and style sing such as Lum-Toey, Lum-glorn, Lum-reung-tor-glorn, Lum-Plern, Lum-Zing, Lum-Tud.

Lum-Zing is origin from Lum-reung-tor-glorn. Lum-reung-tor-glorn uses many actor for the show, when have a show owner show must pay a lot of money but Lum-Zing than cheap it. Lum-Zing has 3 or 4 actors: singer man, singer woman, and musician. Currently, Lum-Zing changes in many way: Lum-Zing Concert for new modern, has dancer dress for advertisement. Lum-Zing was a good for describe about life style of Isan people: relationships, fun, entertainment, helping, interest traditional, etc. Lum-Zing describes are word in song, Idiom in song, act for the song. Oh-La-Nor is too difficult for Mor-Lum. Throngphon LumZing said, remember 10 songs same Oh-La-Nor 1 sentence.

Picture 1: The show of Throngphon LumZing










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Picture 2: Throngphon LumZing and Paijit Dowkanong Mor-Lum is popular at
Nakhonratchasima and Khon Kaen














Picture 3: Dress for Lum-reung-tor-glorn.
















Mor-Lum-Gorn singing demonstration (By Mor-Lum Songphon)


วันพุธที่ 26 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2552

ingredients and how to make worm-eaten pages dried shredded pork.



A worm-eaten dried shredded pork.





How the worm-eaten pages for hard heels.
The worm-eaten plate.
1. less well jasmine rice 1 kg
2. 400 grams glutinous rice.
3. boil water for rice
4. oil for fry
5. potato flour


Dried shredded pork mix page.
1. 12 egg froth
2. 1 kg sugar.
3. 1 tablespoon seasoning sauce.
4. flour salt 1 - 2 tablespoon
5. 50 g powdered pepper.

6. dried shredded pork.




How a worm-eaten.

1. mixed rice and glutinous rice together preferable and grit.
Balconies to the dirty to clean it and then enter the wate
r to boil over.
Cook rice normally slightly The shift that is already out like rice gruel
When thick, cooked rice okay. White people use oar. To be informative.

2. Bring a little potato flour mixed with water. Then stir into a paste, but enough gluten.
Do not condense down and then lift it from the stove to stay cool.

3. grease plants around the pan. Cooked rice to boil. Enter to get a hand press in pan.
Spread the news around the lamina to the pan with rice flour ทา face.
Prepared to wet the flour to unite around.

4. then take a pan put rice on the stove to light a fire about 10 long.
Minute rice is dry enough dampish own pan from the pan and take the plate
News came out to cut sheet sizes as needed. To place in threshing basket order.
Grill or dry sunny day to dry 1 to fry in hot oil until
Yellow frame to get put on hold for oil drain
.

How do next dried shredded pork.

1. wedge insert eggs into the mix basin. Enter other flavoring (except dried shredded pork) on.
To be beaten until the cream is thick and spongy up about as much as it used 2.
2. leads to the cream around the plate the fried rice crust. Sprinkle with dried shredded pork, and wide
Sort sheet input tray and then put into the oven. Long soft power around 12 to 15.
Minutes or until dry close. To put it out cold. Enter the storage container with lid
Close.


Craig the secret.
1. paste the face of rice. Rice lets unite and make worm-eaten plate. Not fragile
2. the pre-dried shredded pork. Dried shredded pork should be put shaker Pork fu to beat the light
.

วันจันทร์ที่ 24 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2552

Petrified Wood Museum of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand



The museum is located in the compound of the research center in the northeastern region. The place collects and researches petrified wood and other paleontologic objects found in the province. It took ten years for the museum to be formed.

The museum was founded in 1994 when the smuggling of petrified woods in the area and neighboring provinces was a problem. The petrified wood ranging from two meters to 10 meters in diameter were smuggled in large quantity and sold to private collectors or antique shops. Many sectors realized the problem and tried to preserve this paleontological heritage by raising the problem in the public forum. The Nakhorn Ratchasima Rajabhat Institute was assigned to oversee the project with support from the Department of Geological Resources.


Mr. Suphat Khamsri, a research officer, explained that for a tree to become a stone, the place must have been a waterway. The tree was covered by sediment and minerals slowly permeated through it without changing its structure. It is believed that the area was a waterway because round stones are prevalent in the compound. In addition, petrified wood have become precious stones that can be made into jewelry items. In Thailand, petrified wood are discovered only in the north and northeastern regions.

The museum is divided into a reception and information area and an exhibition area, which includes three buildings. The first building is composed of offices, a library, a 200 seat auditorium, an exhibition about the King and geological works, precious stone, petrified wood and a temporary exhibition. The second building displays paleontological specimens uncovered in the area, e.g., petrified wood, fossilized mammoths, dinosaurs and other animals.
The research and operation center is composed of four buildings for researching, collecting and classifying fossils in the region. Moreover, there are a stone and mineral garden and a two-meter fossil excavation pit. Dr. Prathuang Jintasakun, the center director, said that the center would be the leader in Asia on petrified wood in 2005, mammoths in 2007 and dinosaurs in 2011. Of the seven sites in the world with petrified wood, this place is the only one in the Asian region. Its location is advantageous in that it is a gateway to “the Dinosaur World” in the Northeast with convenient transportation.


Chartchai Khama. “Museum of Petrified Wood: A dream waiting to come true.” Matichon. January 8, 2005.
They made an official opening on Wednesday of October 29, 2008. They have an official website (only in Thai) The museum opens at 09-00 am to 16-00 Tuesday to Sunday. Prices: Thai adults.....30 bahtChildren........10 baht University student..20 baht Foreigner........100 baht GOOGLE EARTH PLACEMARK For more information, please contact:North-Eastern Petrified Wood and Natural Resources Museum tel: 06-7237322