... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. ... ... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Publ... ...hor. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsink... ...However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsinki 2005... ...on of the latest scientific-technological information and know-how. Modern societies exercise family planning, marriage guidance, palliative care. You... ...e individual need not adhere to the norms of morality that existed in the Christian villages of the past or in the Buddhist communities of this book.... ...me, or a unique, exciting, extreme experience. A final experience. Western societies contain more and more young people who want to destroy their own ... ... their old places. The village is also unusual in that it contains a small Christian parish with its own church, and the new village chief, elected in... ...acher training college. The city's Chinese community, as well as Christian missionary organizations, have their own private schools. (24 The streetsca...

...ge Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decad...