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The Spiritual Healing of Traditional Thailand
In the healing practices found throughout traditional Thai culture, both Buddhism and shamanism continue to play a significant role. Drawing on the author’s extensive academic research and practice of those arts, this book provides an overview to the spiritual practices of Thailand, with particular emphasis on healing rituals and meditations that can be practiced in…
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The Blind Yoga Massage of Thailand
About the Actor A Master Teacher in the Wat Sawankhalok tradition and School for the blind. Product Description Blind Thai Yoga with Aachan Tawee DVD The Blind Yoga Massage of Thailand. An intro to one of the worlds special healing arts. Thai Yoga/ Thai Massage performed by the blind has been a unique tradition in…
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Three Military Accounts of the 1688 ‘Revolution’
The coup d’etat of 18 May 1688 in the Siamese Versailles at Lopburi led to the establishment of the last Ayutthayan dynasty, known to history as that of Ban Phlu Luang. But it was not just another internal palace coup in the face of the imminent death of the reigning monarch, Narai. For the king’s…
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Inside Guide: Koh Samui, Thailand
Product Details Format: NTSC Language: English Region: All Regions Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Studio: Studio Lanna & Living Films DVD Release Date: March 15, 2007 Run Time: 49 minutes
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Two Years in the Kingdom
Two Years in the Kingdom is a lighthearted yet informative look at life in Thailand, from the perspective of an American Peace Corps Volunteer. Part personal narrative and part essay, the book is a chronicle of the author’s two years in Pakham, a rural village in the littlest-known part of the Thai Kingdom—the hot, Lao-speaking…
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Exploring Thailand and Cambodia
About the Director Sheryl Brakey is an award winning videographer and editor, with over thirteen years of scuba diving experience. She holds degrees in Biology and International Relations. She has traveled the world acquiring material for both her underwater and travel videos. Her goal is to share these experiences with you, so that you can…
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Border Landscapes
In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. She shows how, over the last century, processes of state formation, construction of ethnic…
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Vista Point CHIANG MAI Thailand
CHIANG MAI Chiang Mail is the most important city in northern Thailand and is located within a fertile river valley three hundred metres above sea level. The City Of Temples was founded in 1296 and was once the capital of Lanna Thai, the ‘Kingdom Of A Million Rice Fields’ and the centre of the first…
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In the Place of Origins
In the Place of Origins tells the tale of modernity in Northern Thailand, discerning its oblique signs in the performances of contemporary spirit mediums. In a world driven by the twin fantasies of pastness and newness, Rosalind C. Morris reveals that spirit mediumship is not simply a theater of atavistic tendency but an arena in…
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Buddha’s Lost Children
Product Details Actors: Phra Khru Bah Directors: Mark Verkerk Format: NTSC, Widescreen Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Number of discs: 2 Rated: G (General Audience) Studio: Festival Media DVD Release Date: October 27, 2009 Run Time: 97 minutes
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The Legend of the Golden Boat
The Legend of the Golden Boat provides a new approach to the study of Southeast Asia’s northern borderlands. Based on extensive travel in the upper Mekong hinterland, it is a fascinating account of the lives of the transport operators, traders, entrepreneurs, and government officials who are contributing to the contemporary revival in upper Mekong cross-border…
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7 Days THAILAND
Product Details Format: NTSC Language: English Region: All Regions Studio: TravelVideoStore.com DVD Release Date: December 20, 2007 Run Time: 52 minutes
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Elephants of Thailand
This beautifully illustrated book surveys a wide range of elephant lore in Thailand, past and present. It looks at the religious, artistic, and literary background to Thai attitudes toward the elephant and assesses the role of the elephant in present-day Thai life.
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Two Faces of Thailand: A Musical Portrait
Product Details Directors: Jeremy Marre Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Language: English Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 Rated: NR (Not Rated) Studio: SHANACHIE DVD Release Date: June 10, 2003 Run Time: 60 minutes
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Childbirth and Tradition in Northeast Thailand
Anders Poulsens term as a UNESCO expert terminated in 1962, but he has returned to the same area of Northeast Thailand many times since, most recently in 2005. As such, this beautifully illustrated volume offers a rare study of Isan-Thai customs and belief associated with pregnancy and birth and how they have changed over almost…
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Midnight Dancers
Product Details Actors: Gino Paul Guzman, Gandong Vervantes Jr., Luis Cortez, Noni Buencamino, Lawrence David Directors: Mel Chionglo Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 Rated: Unrated Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES DVD…
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Love in the Time of Money
Since the late 20th century Thailand has been associated with a thriving international sexual services industry. One specialized niche of this industry markets young local men as paid exhibitionists to older foreign admirers. This book explores erotic love among these men. It is a study of vacation boyfriends, male sex workers, and international gay tourism.…
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Passport to Adventure: Kayaking Tropical Thailand
Product Details Actors: Julie Conover, Mark Jennings Producers: Cinergy Productions Format: NTSC Region: All Regions Studio: TravelVideoStore.com DVD Release Date: September 1, 2009 Run Time: 30 minutes Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item ASIN: B002L2SCR8
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Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand
This book presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in an increasingly complex and changing post-modern urban context, especially following the financial crisis of 1997. Defining the cultural nature of Thai ‘urbanity’; the implications for local/global flows, interactions and emergent social formations, James Taylor opens up new possibilities in understanding the specificities of…
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Beautiful Thailand – Travel
Product Details Format: NTSC Region: All Regions Studio: CustomFlix DVD Release Date: October 26, 2006 Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews) ASIN: B000K15WBG