Goodluck Ceremony

"La Gone" (Goodbye in Thai... not FRENCH!)

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May 31st 2006
So here I am... it is the night before I leave for BKK. The past week has been very emotional... I attended a "goodluck" ceremony on Friday. Afterschool the teachers all had a meeting and then afterwards they held a party for the volunteers and a former teacher who is moving to another province. Some of the students stayed late and did some Thai dancing and played traditional folk music. P ... read more

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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