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

By: Matti Sarmela

... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. ... ... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Publ... ...hor. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsink... ...anals * Should we have more development Villages and houses Place for a human community 51 Culture of the river valleys 51 * Lampang Provi... ...ILLAGE RELIGION Faith around me (interviews) 5 We used to have words for everything * Supernatural guardian of our family * I don't believe ... ... arrested you for it. It's easier now, you can put the timber quickly on a vehicle and get away, but before when we only had buffalo, if you managed ... ... because they think that rice growing doesn't pay. And, if you have to use hired manpower for ploughing, hire the machines, pay the planters and harv... ...one had built a new house and there was a housewarming party, they used to hire dancers for it. Then the men could dance with them for a fee, and for ... ...ith their wares on buffalo and zebu. Today, goods are transported by motor vehicles. I used to go to Lamphun with a cart selling my wares. It used to ...

...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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