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culture week

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July 19th 2008
Hello! The rest of the this week has been based around Thia culture. We have visited many temples!! Thursday and Friday have been holidays here as it is the start of buddhist lent - so children have not been at school, places have been closing earlier etc. On Thursday night we went to a temple to join in with the ceremony - there was alot of chanting - this time we had no books so could not jo ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Singburi

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more