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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005... ...duplicated, printed, distributed and sold without permission or agreement of the author. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indi... ... Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Cultu... ...eritocracy has made development religion the power system of our time, the church of development, where innovation and technological development equal... ... is also unusual in that it contains a small Christian parish with its own church, and the new village chief, elected in 1998, is also Christian. From... ...o Western countries is closing. In Finland and other Nordic countries, the Lutheran church started mass education in the 1600s, and in the 1700-1800s ... ... countries is closing. In Finland and other Nordic countries, the Lutheran church started mass education in the 1600s, and in the 1700-1800s it gradua... ... the monks' supervision; becoming a 'little priest' might be comparable to Lutheran confirmation classes. In all village funerals young boys are ordai... ...77. Thai Traditional Medicine. A preliminary investigation. Ph. D. thesis, Australian National University. Canberra. Murdock, George Peter (ed.) 1...

...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. Th...

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