ENGLISH FOR TOURISM BAAN NONG KHAO BY INFINITY

ENGLISH FOR TOURISM BAAN NONG KHAO BY INFINITY GROUP TEACHER JANTANA KHAMANUKUL KANCHANANUKROH SCHOOL

Perface This project is about “ Ban Nong Khao ”a village in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand. This project consists of many places and many stories concering Wat Baan nong Khao, Starting into past, we can see beautiful nature, interesting culture, many tradition and distinctive art in many local village in Thailand but to day, it will be disapear.

Baan Nong Khao is different because of some peoplr try to save the local characteristic that has been pass down from generation to generation and many history of Baan Nong Khao. Thank you for any comments and suggestion by teacher and apologise for any mistakable.

Nong Khao.

Nong Khao This traditional farming village is on the battle route that Burmese troops followed to attack Ayuttaya or Siamese troops ventured west to take revenge more than 200 years ago. According to the villager’ beliefs,

it is said that they are the forebears of native Mon/Lawa settlers who occupied this western part of Thailand which is now today Kanchanaburi long before Thai people from other parts of the country came. Rice plantation is still crucial for the majority of the villagers here.

In the past, the rice planting took place once a year because it entirely depended only on the rain. But nowadays, the farmers can do planting twice a year thanks to the irrigation system: one is an in-season planting ( Na Pee) and the other is an off-season planting (Na Prang).

The rice planting is both for selling and for feeding their families. Ban Nong Khao is one district in Kanchanaburi, about 12 km. away from the province. Villagers here still live simply in an agricultural society and old-style houses practicing culture

and traditions which has beentransmitted from generation to generation. Tourists can experience rice pounding, Thai typical desserts, molded sugar production, tonsuring ceremony, rice-growing, Phleng Yoei and Phleng Phuang Malai folk singing.

Boonthong Ban Nong Khao.

Boonthong Ban Nong Khao. “Boonthong Ban Nong Khao”, the musical drama which tells about cultures, ways of life, livings of Nong Khao people composed by Mr. Ponganan Sanpanit when he was the director of Tourism Authority of Thailand , the middle mainland office region 1 in Kanchanaburi.

It was purposed to promote the visiting of Ban Nong Khao cultural village. The first-time performance was in 2541 B. E. Originally, the show “Boon Thong Ban Nong Khao” was annually performed on Songkran Day

as Nong Khao’s anniversary using a space of Intharam Temple (Nong Khao Temple) which is currently used as the area of market fair. In 2543 B. E. , the permanent performance place was completely built in two-storey Thai style house at the yard in front of Intharam Temple

using the corridor, stage , cemented-floor at the front of the house and the yard in front of the stage as performing stage along with the side stage while audiences sit watching on the mats laid on the yard in front of the house surrounded by trees and bamboo cottages which are used as food shelter for all visitors.

This outdor theatre is named “Boonthong’s house” has been built with the unity of Nong Khao people as their mind centred by the instructor monk Thawornkanchananimit , the abbot of Intharam Temple.

The budget was partially supported by Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT. ). Not only being a theatre, there also the Nong Khao’s local utensils collected to be displayed inside Boonthong’s house dividied into many rooms such as kitchen with Thai traditional cooking atmosphere model and ancient cooking equipments,

bedroom with a babycot made of local waist-cloth of Nong Khao together with black and white photos of old age displayed on wooden wall such as the pictures of Nong Khao people in the past , the war prisoners of The Second World-War in Kanchanaburi.

Boonthong Ban Nong Khao is the story of Nong Khao people’s ways of life copresented with Nong Khao people’s cultures, traditions harmoniously performed by using light and sound and the art of musical drama telling

the story of tripartite love among “Mr. Boon” , “Mr. Thong” and “Namtan” presenting many interesting cultures and traditions within the performance.

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The Rituals of Harvest

The Rituals of Harvest rituals. Folk ceremonies dating back to ancient times and marking the opening and closing of the harvest period. These ceremonies were characterized by a sequence of magical rituals that interacted with natural processes

phenomena. The spiritualization of nature was at the essence of these rites, which could influence critically the fate of the harvest.

PLAM TREES.

PLAM TREES Plam trees are popular among rice growers to plant at the edges of rice fields. They can earn extra income from their products. In January heads of families will climb the trees

and bring plam sugar juice for sake in the community, while housewives are making round cake plam sugar for seasoning food in the future.

Shrine of Father And Mother.

Shrine of Father and Mother This wooden shrine has been created from the ancient time according to ancestors’ beliefs. It is localted in the middle of Nong Khao vlilage. When wver suffering from any borrow or wishing to hold any fair or festivals.

Nong Khao people will pay homage to it light joss sticks, and request for the accomplishment of work. At present a traditional making-meril cermoney is annully held on the first day of waning moon and the sixth lunar month buddist monks will be invited to make evening chants,

and accept offering in the maming. After that Nong Khao local perple will pay homage to the shrine by offering food, water, desserts and “Bye sri” cooked rice cortain foods and frults topped with boiled egg and with flowers.

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THAI DESSERT GROUP.

Thai Dessert Group The Thai dessert group consists of the old local people at Baan Nong Khao who wish to teach other local people how to make Thai ancient dessert, of which raw materials can be found locally, ie.

"khanom tan" or plam cakes are made from tan-plam and rice flour. the soft kenels of ripe tan-plam are squeezed and filtered through a piece of white cloth. Then, they will be mixed with rice flour and seasoning and steamed. After that, they will be topped with shredded coconut.

"khao krieb wow" or crisp rice cakes are made from sticky rice. It will be steamed, bettered, flavored and spread out in thin pancake-like sheets and dried in the sun. When toasted, that become crisp and are considered quite a delicacy.

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Weaving Group at Ban Nong Khao

Baan Nong Khao local people have known and weaved specific design clpth for a long time. Formerly they used cotton to spin fiber and dye with natural color by themselves.

then they have to order raw materlers from outsind to meet the accordding demand. However they were dyed in the different bright colors before weaving according to original design

the most popular weaving cloth is "Pa Khao Ma Ta Jak " with specific design and appiaed weaving. " Pa Khao Ma " means a loincloth, " Ta " means design, white " Jak " is a short word. " Jak Sarn " that mean weaving. In addition Is called " Pa Khao Ma Roi Si", since it is made of a variety of colorful fiber. Roi Si means one hundred colors.

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The Nong Khao Museum.

The Nong Khao Museum In eary 2541 B. E, there was a matter that Nong Khao people were interested in taking place in Tambon Nong Khao, Ampheo Tamuang of Kanchanaburi. That was how to deal with the old two-storey school building constructed in 2578 B. F.

A group of people suggest that it should be demolished in order to bring about good vision to the temple archway which becomes the place for teenegers to gang up. People of over 40 years old still don’t want to lose their memory of childhood

in moving stone and sand from the deserted temple to be a part of building materials ordered by The Reverend Father Payom (Instructor monk Kowitsuttakun). Finally, they came to the conclusion that they would gain some money for the building reconstruction to be a “ Museum ”

At late in 2547 B. E up to the present. The Nong Khao Museum has different opinions while there have been supports from privates and government being visited by students, tourists, academics, researchers, mass communications etc.

from everywhere. Many of Nong Khao people have joined in activites, seminars telling the public about experiences in working for the museum. Nong Khao has become well-known through speaking, newspaper, television about its one hundred-color

waist-cloth, village sight-seeing on automobile wagon or cultures such as shaving the topknot , applicant for ordination, necromancy, angels’ procession, Phra-Malai praying etc. , or even local songs or “ Mor-Yai ” the ancestor ghost hung in bedrooms are no-longer-unseen for other natives.

Some important persons had died before they could see the “ Museum opening day ” which they had long expected owing to uncertain appaintment. Not only things displayed in the museum are interesting but also the whole things in village can be permanently

leared, studied, researched and adapted based on the concept of vice Professor Srisak Wanliphodom. At present, instructor monk Thaworn Kanchananimit is expecting to restore another “ shelter ” which was bulit in the same age of the museum building, that is now

getting very dilapidated as The Reverend Father doesn’t want it to be the Nong Khao villagers’hard responsibility, he therefore asked for solicit donations from charitable workplaces and people out of the community wishing to bring back the traditional medication to this building operated by many native herbal physicians.

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