Cultural tradition and Ban Nong Khao wisdom

1. Cultural tradition and Ban Nong Khao wisdom by Group Well Known Advisor Teacher Jantana Khamanukul Kanchananukroh School

2. Preface The purpose of this project is made to study cultural traditions of Thailand and the wisdom in Kanchanaburi to present, which part of the conserving culture of thai to be existed forever. My group hope this project is useful for anybody who’s interested in traditions or Ban Nong Khao wisdom in Kanchanaburi and thanks for the advice from teacher Jantana Khamanukul and resource person or person who gave the data and make the project completely.

3. Ban Nong Khao

4. Ban Nong Khao is a village that is over 100 years old. In the Ayutthaya period when Burmese forces attacked Ayutthaya and Kanchanaburi was the frontline city, the villagers of Ban Nong Khao rallied to repel the attackers.

5. 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 been transmitted from generation to generation.

6. Tourists can experience rice pounding, Thai typical desserts, molded sugar production, tonsuring ceremony, rice-growing, Phleng Yoei and Phleng Phuang Malai folk singing.

7. To get there from Kanchanaburi, take Route 324 (Kanchanaburi-Suphan Buri) for about 12 km. If you want to travel in a group, please contact TAT; Central Region Office, Region Officials will provide cultural performances concerning local culture and traditions of Ban Nong Khao villagers with a local cuisine dinner served by Ban Nong Khao villagers. Otherwise, contact Wat Inthraram (Wat Nong Khao)

8. Cloth weaving at Ban Nong Khao

9. Cloth weaving at Ban Nong Khao village started long time ago. Ban Nong Khao village women weaved cloth during free time from rice farming. The woven cloth was for home consumption, for souvenirs, or for family members use during festivals and traditions.

10. In the past, the weaving was done with the use of the waist loom, and hand. In the past, cloth weaving methods and techniques were passed to family members and relatives; but at present, there were cloth weaving classes offered in the houses of cloth weaving experts in the village.

11. Hand woven clothes of Ban Nong Khao village comprised the loin cloth, plain cloth, and “mat mee” cloth. However, the generally woven and popular cloth among locals and visitors was the loin cloth, Hand woven cloth of Ban Nong Khao village was used to make many products to promote its utilization. The formation of cloth weavers into groups in the early stage was in line with the type of looms used, i.e., the hand loom group, and the shuttle loom group.

12. At present, the groups were formed based on particular objectives or functions, such as, the voluntary weaving women group, the dying group, the weaving women group of Suvarnabhum Agricultural Cooperative Limited, and free lance weaving groups under other financial supporters.

13. Concerned organizations and agencies had the roles in supporting and enhancing the efficiency of hand woven cloth production of all cloth weaving women groups. They also were engaged in public relations for the products, registration them as the OTOP products, or “One Tambon One Product” products in order to spread their reputations throughout the country, and to promote cultural tourism in various festivals.

14. Consumers of Nong Khao hand woven cloth comprised local Ban Nong Khao villagers (50 percent), and regular customers and passer- bys (50 percent). Problems and obstacles of the hand woven cloth production occupation of Ban Nong Khao village were the lack of weaving personnel during the rice farming season, resulting in insufficient cloth production for the market, and the lack of capital for purchasing raw materials for the dying groups.

15. As for the future trend, the hand woven cloth production occupation would still be with Ban Nong Khao village, due to the reasons that the villagers still value the wearing of their local hand woven clothes, and take pride in the identity and beauty of local cloth and their various products; and that the clothes and their products are still highly popular with people from other places.

16. Therefore, the hand woven cloth occupation would continue to thrive and be a community business that could generate incomes, create jobs, and be a supplementary occupation for women groups in the community to achieve on- going sustainable self-reliance.

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

18. Khanom Tan or Palm cakes are made from fan-palm are squeezed and filtered through a piece of white cloth. Then, they will be mixed with rice flour and seasonings and steamed. After that, they will be topped with shredded coconut.

19. Pictures of the activitiesat Ban Nong Khao

20. The First school Of Kanchanaburi Province. Today it became to Ban Nong Khao Museum.

21. We took noted the data to collect.

22. The artifacts like pots in Ban Nong Khao Museum.

23. Thai ancient dessert Khanom Tan or Palm cakes is made from fan-palm

24. After we tasted, we said it’s delicious.

25. We thanked after she trained how to make Khanom tan.

26. Thai house At Ban Nong Khao

27. Cloth weaving at Ban Nong Khao

29. Good view at Ban Nong Khao

30. go to see a life simplicity at Patiew’s home

31. The bamboo forest

32. good old lady Patiew

33. Reference - วิทยากรป้าแอ๊ด - http://tdc.thailis.or.th/tdc/print.php?option=print &institute_code=3&bib=359 • http://cuir.car.chula.ac.th/handle/123456789/9 646 - http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9646 - www.Okanation.net

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