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ลงรักปิดทอง/Long Rak Pit Thong
Thai

ลงรักปิดทอง/Long Rak Pit Thong, or ‘lacquering and gilding’, is both a Thai conservation technique and an act of worship and a way of making merit wit...

ម្ចាស់ទឹកម្ចាស់ដី / Mchas Teuk, Mchas Dei
Khmer
mcheasatukamcheasadei

គេ​តែងតែ​គោរព​ពពួក​អស់​នឹង ព្រោះ​ពពួក​អស់​នឹង​គេ​តាម​បីបាច់​ថែរក្សា​យើង ហើយ​ខ្លះ​ទៀត ពេល​ណា​ដែល​ម្ចាស់ផ្ទះ​មាន​គ្រោះ មាន​ភ័យ មាន​អន្តរាយ​អ្វីមួយ​កើត​ម...

Shrine PP
ព្រះភូម / Preah Phum
Khmer

អ​ញ្ចឹ​ង​ពពួក​ភូមិ​ទេវតា តាម​ការពារ និង​ថែរក្សា​ម្ចាស់ផ្ទះ​នឹង ទាល់តែ​ម្ចាស់ផ្ទះ​នឹង​ជា​អ្នកមាន​ទាន មាន​សីល មាន​សេចក្តី​ល្អ ប្រព្រឹត្ត​សេចក្តី​ល្អ​ដែរ...

Spirit House
ម្រេញគង្វាល / Mrenh Kongveal
Khmer
m'renh kung'viel

ម្រេញគង្វាល គឺជាភពអមនុស្ស ដែលជាកញ្ចក់ឆ្លុះបញ្ចាំងពីភពរបស់យើង ដែលភាគច្រើនយើងតែងតែហៅក្មេងឃ្វាលគោ ឃ្វាល ក្របី។ ដោយសាររឿងហ្នឹងវាទាក់ទងបាយសំណុំ ទឹកបំពង់ ដែ...

Shrine
រានទេវតា / Rean Devata
Khmer
rien tevada

ព្រះភូមទេវតា ឬរានទេវតានេះ គេដាក់នឹង គឺភាគច្រើនគេដាក់សម្រាប់ឱ្យពពួកភូមទេវតារស់នៅ មានដូចជាអរុក្ខទេវតា ភូមិទេវតាដែលយើងហៅថាម្រេញគង្វាល ។ ហើយការដាក់ទាំងអស់...

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លោកតាស្នាប់ / Lok Ta Snap
Khmer

អ្នកដែលមិនជឿលើព្រះបិតា លោកតាស្នាប់ បានជួបប្រទះអភ័យហេតុផ្សេងៗគ្នា៖ ម៉ូតូរបស់ពួកគេខូចនៅពេលបើកចូលព្រៃ ខណៈដែលមនុស្សខ្លះវិលត្រឡប់មកវិញបានដួលចេញពីម៉ូតូ បាក់...

A large tree with green leaves and thick strip of orange cloth wrapped around its base. The tree is enclosed with a round metal fence. Outside of the fence is pavement, with a row of parked cars down the left side.
บวชต้นไม้/buat tonmai
Thai
Bwch t̂nmị̂

บวชต้นไม้/buat ton mai, also known as 'tree ordination', is a method of conserving trees in Thailand rooted in Buddhism. The practice emerged as a res...

A building with large windows and a triangular roof. The sign reads: Ministry of Culture. There is a Thai flag with red, white, blue, white and red horizontal stripes on a flag pole in front of the building.
วัฒนธรรม/Wattanatham
Thai
Wạtʹhnṭhrrm

วัฒนธรรม/Wattanatham (meaning ‘culture’) is one of over one thousand terms coined by Prince Wan Waithayakon. In a 1975 interview, Prince Wan, who atte...

A sparse forest with thin trees. The trees are each wrapped in a strip of bright red/orange cloth.
ธรรมชาติ/thammachat
Thai
Ṭhrrmchāt

ธรรมชาติ/Thammachat, meaning ‘nature’ in Thai, was a term coined as part of a larger language policy spanning the late-19th and 20th centuries, involv...

A vast brown body of water with a cityscape in the background and a bright blue sky wit white clouds.
ម្ចាស់ទឹក/m'chah teuk
Khmer (Cambodia)
m'chah teuk

វិញ្ញាណ ដែលគ្រប់គ្រងតំបន់ទឹកមួយកន្លែង ដូចជា ទឹកអូ ទឹកស្ទឹង ទឹកទន្លេ ទឹកព្រែក ដែលអ្នកស្រុកតែងគោរពប្រតិបត្តិ តាមរយះការបន់ស្រន់ នៅពេលដែលពួកគេទៅរកស៊ីនៅទីន...

Statue of a man sitting cross-legged, carved in white, holding up a lasso in his right hand.
ปะกำ/Pakam
Kui (Thailand)
pĕē pakam

ปะกำ (ภะษากูย) หรือ ผีปะกำ (ภาษาไทย) เป็นวัฒนธรรมที่พบได้เฉพาะในกลุ่มกูยอาจีงหรือกูยเลี้ยงช้างเท่านั้น เป็นวิญญาณของบรรพบุรุษกูยเลี้ยงช้างที่เป็นหมอหร...

Folded sheets of black fabric with patterns embroidered in different bright colours.
Towe
Manggarai (Indonesia)

'Towe' is the Manggarai name for 'sarong'. The towe is an important part of life for the Manggerai people. When you welcome guests into your home, you...

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