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Thailand vegetation map, 1974: Format: image/map

Map of Thailand: Format: image/map

Forest growth in Thailand: Format: image/map

Fare collector on bus in Thailand: Unlike American buses, most buses in other parts of the world, especially those outside very large cities, (like Bangkok) have at least two employees. One employee drives the bus, the other takes the bus fare from the passengers. Sometimes the fare is the...; Format: audio

Puppet theater in Thailand: This was recorded in Trang, Thailand, a town near the southeastern coast. During the ten-day Buddhist festival in Trang, activities and performances take place day and night. Every night at the local theater there is a shadow puppet performance. Known as Nang...; Format: audio

Buddhist prayer and percussion: Part of a ten-day vegetarian festival. The monks initiate this meditation, or prayer, while making percussion noises. Worshipers join in. From my journal: On the way to Ani and Hans, a girl comes out and wants to take me to the temple. This is...; Format: audio

Thai rock band, Chiang Mai: Though the music and the sound might make you think that you are in a club in the United States, this band was recorded in a club in Thailand. Western music (like rock, pop, and rap) is enjoyed all over the world. A traveler can hear it on the radio coming...; Format: audio

Bell and percussion during Buddhist prayer: Part of a ten-day vegetarian festival. These bells and a wooden percussion instrument are played by monks (as I recall) while worshipers wai, or pray at different stations. From my journal: On the way to Ani and Hans, a girl...; Format: audio

Rama in golden chariot outside castle walls (Thai Ramayana mural): A mural painting at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows Rama, painted with a characteristic green face, in a golden chariot positioned with his followers outside white castle walls. A river runs past the walled city at right, and rocky mountains and vegetation...; Format: image/photograph

Buddhist prayer to monks for blessing: This prayer was recorded in Trang, Thailand, a small town near the southeastern coast. The people of the town were gathered together to honor the monks in the town by giving them rice and other food. When food is given, a special prayer is said. This part...; Format: audio

Forest cover map of Thailand: Format: image/map

Eating soup inside a home in Thailand: This was recorded in Trang, Thailand, a small town near the southeastern coast. During a ten-day Buddhist vegetarian festival, a young girl, Duan offers to take me to the temple. When I meet her at our appointed time, she takes me up the street to her house....; Format: audio

Walls and floor of Ramayana mural gallery at Emerald Buddha Temple: A long view down the mural gallery at the Emerald Buddha temple shows the polished stone floors and continuously painted walls depicting scenes from the Ramayana. Two guards, one sitting and one standing, are visible at the back of the hallway. This Thai version...; Format: image/photograph

Buddhist tree of life: Part of a ten day Buddhist festival in Trang, Thailand. Hans (from the Netherlands who lives in Trang), is explaining long bamboo poles, that are considered the tree of life. We marvel at how many complicated preparations are made, to only be destroyed at...; Format: audio

Buddhists pray while giving food: This is a standard prayer that is repeated when monks are given food. As part of the ritual, the person giving the food has to say something to the monks about this act. The prayer roughly translates to "we are all together to give this food to you, we hope...; Format: audio

Ramayana mural sheltered under portico at Emerald Buddha Temple, Bangkok: Sequential scenes from the Ramayana story are painted on mural walls sheltered under columned porticos at the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok. Pilgrims and tourists can walk around the shaded gallery halls viewing the hundreds of paintings that visually convey...; Format: image/photograph

Buddhist prayer and music: Part of a ten-day vegetarian festival. These bells and a wooden percussion instrument are played by monks (as I recall) while worshipers wai, or pray at different stations. From my journal: Go to temple with Ani and Hans....; Format: audio

Entering Buddhist temple: Part of a ten day vegetarian festival. This audio is ambient, but difficult to hear the details. At the very beginning, you can hear the sound of a monk snapping a whip on the ground. After a pause, there is a discussion in Thai as we enter the temple where...; Format: audio

Pigs sleeping: Format: image/photograph

Man and woman fishing (Thai Ramayana mural): A detail from a Ramayana mural painting at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows a man and a woman in an idyllic scene of country life. An older white-haired man smoking a pipe and wearing short pants sits on a dock with a younger woman wearing long pants who is...; Format: image/photograph

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