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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ...R DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ...mily * I don't believe everything sorcerers say * What Buddha taught us Pictures 54-93 Supernatural environment The invisible world 94... ...8 Between two worlds 99 Village sorcerers 99 * Mediums of the deceased 101 Strata of local belief 102 Heritage of shamans 102 * Power of sor... ...e information on Thailand churned out by modern information industry tells us only about sex tourism, drugs, Aids, child labour... as if the Western r... ...nd traffic signs, built towards the end of the 1990s. The road follows the route of the old village road, first through the village of Ban Na Kaen and... ...8 Between two worlds 99 Village sorcerers 99 * Mediums of the deceased 101 Strata of local belief 102 Heritage of shamans 102 * Power of sor... ... in the training society the individual may get a job only by the official route (newspaper advertisements) and the family living in the village can ... ...tion in a Thai Peasant Community. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis. University of Washington. — 1968 a. Perspective on the Atomistic Type Society: Friendshi...

...ge Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decad...

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