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

By: Matti Sarmela

...rmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 Ban Dong 1985 ... ... Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ...a taught us Pictures 54-93 Supernatural environment The invisible world 94 Supernatural guardians of the environment 94 * Phii and souls ... ... their means. Ban Mae Kong Nya 1984. Mr Inkaaw K., 56. The buffalo was our property How many children do you have? About the future, I can't say how ... ..., and we should ensure that the buffalo do not die out. The buffalo is our property, and when we use it, we are not dependent on the outside world in ... ...We should cherish our old culture and Thai heritage. They are our valuable property. The bungalow style house looks foreign. Thai style houses will no... ...e and ideology. Cultural imperialism is the economic, technological and intellectual supremacy of superculture. Superculture is at the moment cont... ...ardized, outside scientific and technical know-how. The farmer is already intellectually dependent on the organizations producing the instruments of ... ...village communities become (1) technologically, (2) organizationally, (3) intellectually and (4) ideologically dependent on centralized organizations...

... 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, 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 t...

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