Essays on Thailand

Thanapol Chadchaidee

Booksmango, Jan 1, 2014 - Social Science - 187 pages

The most-informative stories ever written by the Thai author in English Since its inception in 1994, this book has proven to be very popular among Thai and foreign readers as a reliable source of information, in both Thai and English, about Thailand. People of various occupations have asked to use it as a reference or to reprint some of its essays. Initially, the book contained only 40 essays, but I kept adding to that number in each reprint. So, becoming constantly bigger, it became difficult for me to arrange the contents under appropriate headings. This, however, does not make the book less valuable. That is the reason why it has survived for more than a decade. In this edition, I have revised the whole book in order to keep the information up to date and relevant to the current needs of the readers at large. At the same time, I have added two more essays, which are equally useful to readers. I would like to express my deep thanks, especially for this edition, to several websites for the use of their beautiful pictures. I have to apologize for failing to seek their individual permission. I own the pictures but they are not as beautiful as theirs.

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Contents

• Preface to the Twentyfifth Edition 2014: 3
• Dedication: 4
• Tak Bat Devo and Chak Phra Festivals: 5
• The Giant Catfish: 8
• Loy Krathong Festival: 10
• Songkran Festival: 12
• Asanha Puja and Buddhist Lent: 14
• Rocket Festival: 16
• The Royal Ploughing Ceremony: 18
• The Elephant Roundup Festival: 20
• Kings Birthday: 22
• The Emerald Buddha: 25
• The Former Capital of Ayutthaya: 27
• King Ramkhamhaeng the Great Day: 29
• King Naresuan the Great: 31
• King Chulalongkorn the Great: 34
• Buddhism in Thailand: 36
• Suphan Buri Province: 38
• Thailands wellknown tourist attractions: 40
• The Death Railway Bridge: 43
• Role of computers: 45
• Life of a Temple Boy: 47
• Life of Thai Farmers: 50
• Life in a City: 52
• Thai Boxing: 54
• Hill Tribes in Thailand: 56
• Our Neighboring Countries: 58
• Thai Food: 60
• Forest Preservation: 62
• New Years Day: 64
• Chakri Day: 66
• Visakha Puja Day: 69
• Temple Fairs: 71
• Constitution Day: 73
• Kathin Ceremony: 75
• Tropical Thai Fruits: 77
• A Brief History of Thailand: 79
• Thai Silk: 81
• Buddhist Ordination: 83
• Thai Marriage: 85
• Magha Puja Day: 87
• Bangkok: 89
• The Phi Ta Khon Ghost Festival: 91
• The Poy Sang Long Festival: 93
• Thailands Heroines: 95
• LongNecked Karen Hill Tribe Padaung: 100
• The Moon Festival: 102
• KiteFlying Festival: 104
• Longboat Racing: 106
• Chinese Vegetarian Festival: 107
• Yee Peng Festival: 109
• Sart Day: 111
• Mahidol Day: 114
• Coronation Day: 120
• IlluminatedBoat Procession: 122
• HoneyOffering Ceremony: 124
• National Childrens Day: 126
• Teachers Day: 128
• The Queens Birthday: 130
• King Naresuan the Great Day: 133
• King Taksin the Great Day: 140
• The Rice Offering Ceremony: 144
• Nang Kwak A Lady Who Beckons: 147
• Spirit House Phra Phum Chaothi: 149
• Dr Dan Beach Bradley: 152
• Bang Fai Phaya Nark Festival The Naga Fireballs: 155
• Thai Traditional Massage: 157
• Phraya Pichai A Broken Sword Hero: 159
• The National Youth Day: 161
• Sunthon Phu Day: 163
• National Scout Day: 166
• The Tsunami Disaster: 169
• Mae Nark Phra Khanong: 171
• National Inventors Day: 176
• The Sugar Palm Tree Ton Taan: 178
• Likay Thai Folk Opera: 180
• Three Pagodas Pass Phra Chedi Saam Ong: 184
• Bibliography: 186

About the author

Born in Suphan Buri province in 1959 to a family of farmers, Mr. Thanapol Chadchaidee, more commonly known under his pen name of Lamduan Chadchaidee, grew up and received a secondary education in Bangkok, then pursued his higher education in India. He has been developing his writing skills since his student days when he wrote many essays that won several awards from an English newspaper, The Student Weekly. He is proud of his ancestors and never feels shy about telling anybody that he is the son of poor farmers.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Essays on Thailand
• Author: Thanapol Chadchaidee
• Publisher: Booksmango, 2014
• ISBN: 6162222640, 9786162222641
• Length: 187 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / General; Social Science / Customs & Traditions; Travel / Asia / Southeast