English for Tourism: Baan Nong Khao Guidebook

1. English for Tourism By LOLLIPOP Mathayom 5/8 The project advisor Teacher Jantana Khamanukal Kanchananukroh School

2. LOLLIPOP GROUP (Math – English program 5/8) 1. Sirinya Piriyawong No. 36 2. Sujunya Nooin No. 37 3. Supattra Fafoengwitthayakul No. 39 4. Waree Sonarra No. 14 5. Kanchana Chuengtem No. 23 6. Padtame Pituprakornnukul No. 27 7. Raveewan Jindasing No. 30 8. Sureeporn Srifarwattana No. 40 9.Savitri Srinual No. 34 The project advisor = Teacher Jantana Khamanukul

4. Preface The English project ‘English for Tourism’ is designed for Tourist or people who are interested in Baan Nong Khao. This project consists of many places to visit concerning nature, temple, history and famous people in Baan Nong Khao and vocabulary give the tourist the meaning of Thai especially Kanchanaburi. We hope this project would be useful for tourism and apologize for some mistakes. We would like to thank our teacher for his comment and encourage. It encourages us to work with this English project ‘English for tourism’. By the Organizers

5. INDRARAMTEMPLE

6. Indraram Temple The old vihara was rebuilt instead of the farmer on which was destroyed in the war between Thailand. Burma in the reign of Ayutthaya. The vihara house the Buddha image in the posture of accepting from and elephant and monkey. Base size 2 meters and height 7.50 meters. The Buddha image was created with ancient cement and bamboo structure. All local people in Baan Nong Khoa pay homage to the Buddha image and annually hold a worship ceremony during Song kran festival

8. THAI DESSERT GROUP

9. 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 desserts of which raw materials can be found locally i.e. “Khanom Tan” or palm cakes are made from fan- palm and rice flour. The soft kernels of ripe fan-palm 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.

10. “Khaw Krieb Wow” or crisp rice cakes are made from sticky rice. It will be steamed, battered, flavored and spread out in thin pancake-like sheet and dried in the sun. When toasted, they become crisp and are considered quite atelicity.

11. CULTURE GRAD

12. CULTURE GRAD The culture grad is a tourist place to perform a light and sound folk drama entitled“Mr. Baan Thong of Baan Nong Khao local people in seriously conserving culture. The folk drama consists of local plays , folk song and trad : tions , e.g. , a rice – growing ceremony , a topknot ceremony , Songkran festival and folk song singing called “Yoei” As a result new generations of local people ore proud of them and love their community.

13. RICE COMPENSATION

14. RICE COMPENSATION Rice compensation regards the one tradition of swamp white villagers the location in doing farm be when rice begins pregnancy villagers will prepare to perform ceremony for encouragement rice because believe in that rice will must have a morning sickness to is like a person and if get have a meal good grow produce Grains. Well then lead sweet meal the fruit that have sour , areca nut , betel leaves , water , perfumes , powder kisses , panung , shawl , hand , necklace , go to perform ceremony for encouragement rice on Friday.

15. By use the small bamboo or , spear round bamboo , at the wood end binds with color all cloth , at least three a color , in the middle use the coconut weaves to are a circle has for to add of call that ,barn , induce still the field , already , perform a ceremony perform ceremony for encouragement rice , by grab 3 clump rice’s tie altogether keep , lead perfumes , powder kisses to rub at rice clump, wear the cloth, comb one’s hair, cover the Shaw, a necklace, lead stake bamboo with a barmy and color cloth pitch order lily, already joss sticks dot , notify by say that goddess of rice mother, bow tree glory mother , mother.

16. Monday is queen , glory council mother , come to mother comes to , invite come to eat the food containing no fish or meat , of sour , sweets , forces rice , the fish mixes , have a morning sickness forces rice , the fish mixes , have a morning. Sickness defeated the entrails, go out easy go out weed, finished then sit wait a minute, then lead sweet meal and Sour fruit add in a barn then until overflow, remainder, and will use banana crab leaf and a stack in that .

18. AN AUNT BEATS IRON WOMAN PALMYRA SINGLE FARM BEAT ONE

19. AN AUNT BEATS IRON WOMAN PALMYRA SINGLE FARM BEAT ONE Go to middle field house this time have a chance enters to tour the wood lot Palmyra single farm beat one be the intention has to go to already that this time we will enter to tour and talk with an aunt beat we depart middle field house 9.30 about o’clock with last vehicle is luxurious swamp white house person who is at drive by honorary driver the village headman is swamp white house.

20. Take time don’t arrive at 10 minute a car turn go inside fence border where is shady, there is the sign writes that Palmyra single farm beat one when a car enters to arrive at the house we meet old figure woman is thin but. The businesslike chew areca poor educe mouth red nut come out welcome.

21. An aunt beats a woman who think to receive the blessing from Siam king, dedicate the self for the tree forest and the everything that is alive you tell next if have no small children forest will have come to see here iron woman Palmyra single farm beat one, level grandmother aunt because age 74 year your aunt is religious nationalist student liberate 26 farm areas be forest which be kind of nature tree of swamp white house where the majority etc.

22. NONGKHAO MUSEUM

23. NONGKHAO MUSEUM The local museum was modified from Kowit Indraram School’s deserted building which was the first one made of bricks in Kanchanaburi and constructed in 1937. Then, a “Group of Baan Nong Khao Local People” and teachers raised a fund by holding a Buddhist ceremony called “Too Pa-dpa” to repair the building to be used as a museum. In the museum, there are groups of stories of the community, original culture of Baan Nong Khao local people their history, topography, folkway, culture and tradition.

25. BOON THONG OF NONG KHAO VILLAGE

26. BOON THONG OF NONG KHAO VILLAGE Nong Khao is a sub-district in Kanchanaburi province. During the Ayutthaya period, Kanchanaburi was a frontier town and Nong Khao Village was on and army route during battles. After the war ended, Village gathered here a large swamp and built a new village there called Ban Nong Ya Dok Khao which is now Ban Nong Khao. Baan Nong Khao has always relieved attention by various kings such as King Rama IV and Rama V of the Rattanakosin period. The two kings used to pay a visit to Kanchanaburi and would stop by Ban Nong Khao.

27. Most villages there still live a simple life in an agricultural society they are united, patient, and generous. The old tradition style of Thai house can still be seen at Nong Khao village. The centuries the heart of all villages is temple called Wat Intraram or Wat Nong Khao. Nong Khao villagers still have a traditional way of life and culture, which has been passed down from their older generations. At present, traditional folk game of Nong Khao Village can only re observed during various seasons. Different festivals take dace at different periods of time. Some of them are even being forgotten. This is the reason why Nong Khao Villagers organizing cultural tourism with provided activities in the evening for visitors to Kanchanaburi.

28. Therefore in order to conserve and recover traditional Thai culture, the villages provide a tasty local dinner with a folk performance called “Boon & Thong of Nong Khao “Village with displays the cultural way of life of the Villagers of Nong Khao. This way, visitors no longer need to wait till it is the particular season to observe any festival. Furthermore, booth of traditional desserts such as Khanom tan, Khanom kriap wow, and Khanom thuai will be set for tourists to taste.

29. During the Songkran Festival (April 13-15) of each year, the villagers of Ban Nong Khao would gather at Wat Nong Khao (Indraram) to enjoy traditional games which later became a festival called “ The Glorious Past of Nong Khao Village which displays the cultural way of life of the village. Visitors will also see various kinds of demonstrations, for example, ways of paddy pounding, making sweets and palm sugar, paddy farming, as well as playing game and various from of entertainment.