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The So Heng Tai Mansion (Thai: บ้านโซวเฮงไถ่, from Chinese: 蘇恒泰) is a nineteenth-century Chinese courtyard house in the historic neighbourhood of Talat Noi in Bangkok. It was built by Phra Aphaiwanit (Chat, of the So ( 蘇 ) clan, 1813–1849), a Hokkien Chinese bird's nest tax farmer with ancestry from Fujian ...
The first Western scholar to identify and study the distinct "ethno-regional" identity of khon isan was the US anthropologist Charles F. Keyes in 1967. [24] He chose to categorize them as a "ethno-regional" group rather than an ethnic minority, given that their "cultural differences have been taken to be characteristic of a particular part of the country rather than of a distinctive people."
Loso (Thai: โลโซ) are a Thai rock band fronted by singer–guitarist–composer Seksan Sukpimai (aka Sek Loso). [1] The band was formed in 1994 in Bangkok, Thailand. [2] Its name is derived from a play on hi-so, Thai slang for socialites and the upper class (from English 'high society'), [3] and is meant to reflect the group's humble ...
In Cambodia, the most common offering are fruits (e.g. banana, orange, grape; some people even offer different fruits at the same time.) In neighbouring Thailand however, it is a long-standing tradition to leave offerings of food and drink at the spirit house.
A Thai entry stamp on a Chinese passport, indicates the visitor may stay no more than 30 days in this entry. In May 2014, there was a brief crackdown on visa runs during 2014 Thai coup d'état, meaning that if foreigners wish to re-enter Thailand after their visa-free or visa on arrival period has expired they have to obtain a visa in advance, or remain outside Thailand at least for one night.
Hong's parents owned the film production company Cinetel Soul. [5] Hong took the entrance exam and entered the theater department at Chung-Ang University.He then studied in the United States, where he received his bachelor's degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts and his master's at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.