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Thai Stick – Surfers, Scammers and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade is a 2013 book by Peter H. Maguire about the illicit cannabis trade in Southeast Asia.The book was published by Columbia University Press, and in 2015, it was optioned by surfing competitor Kelly Slater to become a documentary film and television series.
Seam Si at a temple in Thailand. In Hong Kong, by and large the most popular place for this fortune telling practice is the Wong Tai Sin Temple which draws thousands to millions of people each year. [2] In Thailand, kau chim is commonly known as seam si (Thai: เซียมซี; alternatively spelled siem si, siem see).
When the original Thai sticks were popular, dealers would sell any buds bound in string or to a stick under the name. Most of the original bud was destroyed in the 1970s when the Thai government began its war on drugs. Making Thai stick-style cannacigars out of other strains continued around the world, [90] [91] though the Thai government ...
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The khim was an especially popular instrument from around 1970-2004 because it was a central part in the Thai novel Khu Kam, which was later produced as a drama series and movie. [ citation needed ] The main character could play the khim very well, and the adaptations popularised the instrument with the song, "Nang Kruan".
Phin phia, Thailand, 19th century. This is a multiple string phin phia. The phin pia is a chest-resonated stick zither with two to five strings. It is considered the national instrument of Northern Thailand. [citation needed] The one string version (equivalent to the Cambodian Kse diev) is the phin namtao.
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