New Mandala

This is an omnibus post about various events and publications of interest. I will be adding material over the next 24 hours. Many of you, of course, won’t be able to attend the events but you may be interested to see what is going on.

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From the internet edition of the Bangkok Post:
         
Referendum campaign launched
More than 10,000 people, including students and government officials, from all districts in Nakhon Ratchasima marched in Korat yesterday as a nationwide campaign began urging people to vote in the Aug 19 constitutional referendum.
UPDATE: And what about this hot air from the junta’s Public Relations [...]

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In December 2007, the School of Oriental and African Studies’ Centre of Buddhist Studies and the Shan Cultural Association UK are co-hosting a conference.  It is billed as the “first ever gathering in the West of academics working on Shan Buddhism and Culture”.  According to the organisers:
Today the Shan people live in the Shan State [...]

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