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

By: Matti Sarmela

...ää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Published by the Finnish Literature Society and the Finnish Anthropological Society 2004. ISBN 951-746-603-X (SKS) ;... ... This work may be freely quoted, copied, duplicated, printed, distributed and sold without permission or agreement of the author. However, the name ... ... Villages and houses ... ...es and idols - national history C. Postlocal culture Global environment - urban technonature - global resources - universal know-how and education Tr... ...a. Helsinki, 15 December 2004 Academy of Finland Nordic Institute of Asian Studies University of Helsinki Niilo Helander Foundation Matti Sarmela ... ...ur factory? have two children, and I send them money constantly for their studies. Thanks to the factories, the village has developed. I would like a... ...r prospect of earning a good living in the future. I intend to complete my studies. Fine, because at the seminary the teachers understand that I also ... ...ined employment there. On the other hand, the village is also tied up with urban growth, and the problems of modern culture are reflected there. The v... ...way, I photographed the work of rice farmers in the 1980s, today, it is an urban style environment with its terraced housing and commercial buildings;...

...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland...

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