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  • Candle Festival

    Candle Festival

    It is the beginning of Buddhist Lent cerebration. Various institutions e.g. schools, collages and universities including public and private organization will craft and organize a colorful candle procession, music and dancing, leading to a temple where the offering of the candle will be made.

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  • Mud Brick Making

    Mud Brick Making

    During my stay interning with Mundo Exchange in Nong Khai, Thailand, I spent close to three weeks working with Lokgatat Thai Host Gyb to produce mud-bricks, which will be used to build a guest-house. Mud-bricks are a remarkably efficient and incredibly effective building material. These...

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  • The monarchy of Thailand

    60th anniversary of the coronation of The King of Thailand

    King Bhumibol Adulyadej celebrates his 60th year of coronation today. The King, also known as Rama IX by farang, has reigned as monarch since June 9th 1946. Upon the day of his crowning ceremony he was officially wed to Queen Somdej Phra Boromarajini and stated...

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  • Happy Beltaine 2010

    Happy Beltaine 2010

    Beltane (and Beltaine or Bealltainn) is an ancient festival which celebrates the end of the cold and the beginning of the warm. It comes from the ancient peoples of the Celtic Nations and is generally seen as a New Year celebration. Bealtane is a cross-quarter day, marking...

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  • Mundo Resources: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Mundo Resources: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Universal Declaration of Human Rights READING Education: law, debate, writing, reading for content The following Human Rights Declaration was adopted by the  United Nations General Assembly, December 10, 1948. Although this document is criticized at times it remains an excellent reading and discussion material for advanced English and...

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  • State of emergency in Bangkok information

    State of emergency in Bangkok information

    The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has produced another information sheet to keep people here and at home aware of any information they should know. It is very safe here and the matter appears to be completely internal with no harm being directed at tourists...

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  • Isaan celebrates Songkran April 12-15th 2010

    Songkran Festival

    Songkran, Thai New Year April 13th -15th, 2010. Songkran is the traditional New Year of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Srilangka and the east of India. The word Songkran is from the Sanskrit meaning ‘the beginning of a new Solar Year’. It’s sometimes called ‘water...

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  • Political protests update 15/03/2010

    Political protests update 15/03/2010

    In order to keep everyone outside of Thailand informed we have included information from the Tourism Authority of Thailand here to allow others to follow the story of the protest as it develops. Please understand that this has been a peaceful protest so far and...

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  • Gabe Newell has his cake and eats it!

    Gabe Newell has his cake and eats it!

    Gabe Newell received the  Pioneer Award at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco today for his outstanding work with Valve’s games and the Steam distribution system including works such as Half-Life, Half-Life 2 and Portal. The award isn’t easily given away and requires some...

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  • Volunteer Petra helping Isaan Communities

    Volunteer Petra helping Isaan Communities

    Petra Pfann, a volunteer from Austria, joined our nonprofit volunteer organization Mundo Exchange an our Thai Association partner, Laekplian Lokgatat, in Northeast Thailand. Instead of heading to a famous Thai beach or to other tourist attractions in Thailand. Petra decided to volunteer with Mundo Exchange...

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