The project advisor
About Baan Nong Khao
By
Famous Group
Present to
Teacher Jantana Khamanukul
Kanchananukroh school
Famous group m.5/8
1. Chudaporn Jenwattanamongkon no. 4
2. Kanitta
Hemmapan
no. 15
3. Thitiporn
Sakunasing
no. 16
4. Noppamas Maktan
no. 26
5. Sawitree
Sungjaisom
no. 35
6. Sudarat
Kongpanittakul
no. 38
Baan Nong Khao
Ban Nong Khao is one district in Kanchanaburi, about 12 km.
away from the province. 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.
Villagers here still live simply in an agricultural society and oldstyle houses practicing culture and traditions which has been
transmitted from generation to generation. It has unique cultural
identity of its own, that is, “100 -colored hand woven textile" and
simple lifestyle like ancient classic Thai cultural identity from the
old days.
Hailed as “Land of
civilization of the
western region".
Tourists can
experience rice
pounding, Thai
typical desserts,
molded sugar
production,
tonsuring
ceremony, ricegrowing, Phleng
Yoei and Phleng
Phuang Malai folk
singing.
Cloth weaving at
Baan Nong Khao
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. 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. 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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Palm Trees
Palm trees are
popular among rice
growers to plant at
the edges of rice
fields. They can earn
extra income from
their products. In
January, heads of
families will climb
the trees and bring
palm sugar juice for
sale in the
community, while
housewives are
making round cake
palm sugar for
seasoning food in
the future.
Toddy Palm Cake
Thai desserts have passed a long history, once they were praised
about their deliciousness and elaborate creating in a king’s
rhyme. Some of them are easy to cook, but has a wonderful
flavor.
The fruit from toddy palms can also be eaten and are rich in
vitamins A and C, and can be eaten as young fruits, which are
soft and juicy and somewhat like lynches but milder and with
no pit, or old fruits, which are harder and less juicy. It is this
toddy palm pulp that these cakes are made of, along with rice
flour, yeast, palm sugar, coconut cream and coconut milk.
Toddy Palm Cake they're kind of like sponge cake, a little
sweet and different tasting than regular sugar.
Palm sugar
The taste of pure coconut palm sugar resembles that of brown cane
sugar, yet with more rounded caramel & butterscotch notes without
the metallic ending flavor that brown cane sugar has. It is a
wonderfully rich flavor. For cooking purposes, it has a very low melt
temperature and an extremely high burn temperature. The sugar is
a golden brown granule or paste, sold in tubes, blocks or tin cans.
Liquid versions of coconut palm sugar is also now available from
Sweet-Tree. It may be light-colored or dark, soft and gooey or hard.
As a lightly-processed product of cottage industry, it varies greatly
from batch to batch. There are various forms of coconut palm
sugar available on the market. The coconut palm sugar found in
Thai markets generally are not 100% pure coconut palm sugar, but
is blended with white cane sugar and also malt sugar. These tend
to white hard blobs. It's important to discern which product you're
looking for; a pure coconut palm sugar or a coconut palm sugar
mixed with other sugars. Each product has it's use, yet to
experience the true delicious taste of pure coconut palm nectar,
make sure to purchase the pure form of the product.
Shrine of father
and mother
This wooden shrine has been created from the ancient times
according to ancestors beliefs. It is located in the middle of
Nong Khao Village. Whenever suffering from any borrow or
wishing to hold any fair or festivals. Nong Khao people will
pay homage to it. Light joss sticks.
And request for the accomplishment of work. At present a
traditional making-merit ceremony is annually hold on the first
day of waning moon and the sixth lunar month. Buddhist monks
will be invited to make evening chants.
And accept offerings in the morning. After that Nong Khao
local people will pay homepage to shrine by offering food
water dessert and “Bye Sri” cooked rice. Certain foods and
fruits topped with boiled eggs and decorated with flowers.
A Chedi (Pagoda ) at
Rang Chan Temple
The chedi is a symbol at the nong khao district, located on the
left of the road leading to the village from Kanchanaburi
province. In the reign of Ayudthaya. It was built with bricks and
cement and had an irregular square base consisting of 3 small
corners at each of the 4 corners.
It is said by the old that people usually build a chedi dig a pond
and construct a building in which to rest in. it is assumed that
the chedi at Rang Chan temple was constructed on a piece of land
belonging to Mrs. Chan At present only the chedi and the pond
still remain in the area because the rest building was destroyed
during Burma’s invasion.
Culture yard
The culture yard is a tourist place to perform a light and sound
folk drama entitled “Mr. Boon&Tong of Ban Nong Khao”. It was
first performed in 1998 (B.E. 2541) to show unity of Ban Nong
Khao local people in seriously conserving culture. The folk drama
consists of local plays, folk songs and tradition, 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 are proud of
them and love their community.
Ram Yoei or Dance Yoei
It is a kind of folk music play more than 500 years. This dance is
always during Songkran and New Year holidays.
There are male and female players is the from of a circle. The
player has a turn to sing their own verses are accompanied by his
player who clap their hands in rhythm. Some players take turn to
dance with music from the long-drum band.
Male players wear round neck shirt with loincloth on the
shoulder. Female players dress in costume with Thai Sabai cloth
tied around the upper part of the body. The piece is now
increasingly popular in Nong Khao district.
Ban Klang Tung
Organic Home
The story of Ban Klang tung is spread continuously by
word of mouth – a remarkable couple in a remarkable
place.
Ban Klangtung Organic Home is a welcoming home-stay where
Aunty add-Thippawan and Uncle Khon-Sakhon Prasertkul
built a little house they hoped to use for their own retirement.
One day, Aunty Add welcomed a guest to her home and she
realized that sharing her natural way of life could help make
the world a better place. So she built another small house with
a wide veranda, decorated every last corner by herself with
charming bric-a-brac, and created 3 room, each with its own
character. All bedding has been carefully chosen with none
being bleached or dyed. In front of main house, another guest
house has been built to accommodate other guests. Everybody
comes for the same reason, to escape their chaotic lifestyles,
relax in a slower-moving natural world, and experience the
many activities that reflect the traditional Thai way of life.
This can be done by resting under the shade of the big trees,
using the reading corner and he hammocks, and simply
admiring the lush green rice paddies out the front.
Aunth Add welcomes everybody
with butterfly pea juice, a local
herbal delicacy. All guests can
learn how to make this juice with
Uncle Khon, an expert in Thai
cooking." The butterfly pea is an
easily found local flower that can
be made into a refreshing juice.
Lt illustrates the simplicity of
Thai life and the use of everyday
objects,” says a smiling Aunty
Add, offering a juice to a newlyarrived guest. Those who want to
sample traditional ‘Thai ness’
can make a FLOWER
ARRANGEMENT IN A BANANA
LEAF VASE after sharpening
coconut palm sticks and
arranging their flowers to their
own design.
Many of the activities at Ban Klangtung Organic Home explore the
bond with nature that modern generations may be neglecting. One
example is fish-weaving.“ ln the past, Thais used woven palm leaf
fish to relax tired kids. Because we had no toys we used our
knowledge of natural objects to weave the fish and make
children’s mobiles. This was not only for pleasure but also to
enhance the children’s development,” she explains.
Cooking is another activity that uses the natural resources of the
surrounding environment. Uncle Khon is happy to share his skills
with visitors. He creates the menu and asks the guests to select
and pick the organic vegetable ingredients from around the house.
The beautiful smell of hot curries from the kitchen is a testimony
to his skills as he prepares another dish in the relaxed cooking
area.
Vocabulary
1.Province
2.Destination
3.Respectively
4.landscape
5.Nature
6.Such
7.Extreme
8.Western
9.Far
10.Waterfall
11.Mountain
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จดหมายปลายทาง,จุดประสงค์
ตามลาดับ
ภูมิประเทศ,ทัศนียภาพ
ธรรมชาติ
เช่นนี้,เช่นนั้น
ใกล้ที่สุด,สุ ดท้าย
มุ่งไปทางทิศตะวันตก
ไกล,ห่าง
น้ าตก
ภูเขา
12.change
13.went
14. light
15.kind
16.off
17.need
18.house
19.picture
20.try
21.us
22.again
23.animal
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เปลี่ยน, เปลี่ยนแปลง, ผลัด, แลก,
ไป, กลายเป็ น, เดิน, ดาเนิน
ไฟ, แสง, ตะเกียง, ,สว่าง, สี อ่อน
จาพวก, ชนิด, ประเภท
ไปเสี ย, พ้นไป, หมดเกลี้ยง, ห่างจาก
ความจาเป็ น, ของจาเป็ น, ต้องการมาก
บ้าน, เรื อน, ที่อาศัย
ภาพ, ภาพวาด
ลอง, ทดลอง, พิสูจน์, พยายาม
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อีก, อีกที, อีกครั้ง
สัตว์
24. never
25. last
26. let
27. thought
28. city
29. tree
30. cross
31. farm
32. hard
33. start
34. might
35. story
36. saw
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หลังสุ ด, สุ ดท้าย, ปลาย
อนุญาต, เปิ ดเผย, ยกโทษให้
คิด, พิจารณา, เห็นว่า
เมืองใหญ่, นคร, กรุ ง
ต้นไม้, ไม้ยนื ต้น
กากบาท, ไม้กางเขน, ไขว้
นา, ไร่ , ที่เพาะปลูก
แข็ง, รุ นแรง, ทรหด, ยากเย็น
ออก, เริ่ ม, ตั้งต้น, เดินเครื่ อง
อาจจะ, สามารถจะ, คงจะ
เรื่ อง, เรื่ องราว,นิทาน, ประวัติ
เห็น, มอง, ดู, ตรวจดู