New Mandala

I was sitting in the house of Jairan, a struggling farmer in Chiang Mai province, when the news came through that the Election Commission had recommended the dissolution of two parties in the governing coalition – Chart Thai and Matchima Thippatai. “It’s just like killing a tree,” Jairan commented. “You don’t just do it all [...]

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One of the pleasures of songkran in northern Thailand is the rowdy processions that present decorated maay kam to temples, where they are used to support the sacred bodhi trees. A close look at this particular maay kam will show that amongst the many sponsors there was one particularly auspicious one!

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