BANGKOK'S AMAZING SIAM NIRAMIT - PART 3

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There were more things to see at the house from the Northern Province. There was a weaving demonstration, how a cloth was produced from cotton threads. There was also a man playing a traditional musical instrument but too bad I did not record him on video.

I could suddenly play a string musical instrument

The house from the southern part has many similarities with our local house. And they also play "wayang kulit" (shadow puppets).

After we had finished exploring, we had about an hour to go before the major performance. By that time, more people had arrived and we all sat at this open area where we were entertained by a magic show performance. And right after that, there were a pre-cultural show performance which lasted for about half an hour before they opened the door to the theatre.

I did not take any photos of the people dancing during the pre-performance as I was busy recording videos. Do come back for more videos of the dances after this.

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BANGKOK'S AMAZING SIAM NIRAMIT - PART 2

[continuation of Part 1]

There were still a lot more to see at the mini village. There was this lady who was making handicrafts using coconut leaves at one of the gazebos.

There would always be someone at the house, usually a beautiful woman in her traditional costume. You could ask her to be photograph together but do give some tip, and how much would be up to you.

you could go on a boat ride too

At the house of people from the northern province, we managed to see how the silk worms were processed to extract the silk thread. The ladies and the musician there were really very friendly despite the minimum English they spoke.

[to be continued in part 3]

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INTRODUCING SIAM NIRAMIT IN BANGKOK

18th October 2014 ~ This was the one place I had to go. I did my research on the internet and found out that this was the place where I could get to watch traditional Thai performance. I was so glad that my travel partner agreed with my plan despite the fact that we had to pay Bath 1500 (about RM150.00) each.

We took a train and stopped at Thailand Cultural Central Terminal and from there, a shuttle van was already waiting to take the visitors to the Siam Niramit building for free. We were among the early birds and it was still very early, about 5:15 p.m., and we were wondering what we should we do to kill time as the show would only start at 8:00 p.m. but we just made our entry.

We only bought the performance tickets. There was another package which included Thai dinner. I asked and was informed that the food was not halal.

Once inside we knew, how wrong we had been. We were surprised as there were a lot of things to see before the show started. We spent almost 3 hours while waiting for the performance to start but it was worth the wait. Therefore, if you are planning to come here, make sure you come as early as possible. (The ticket counter opens at 5:00 p.m.) 

There was this Thai Village, a mini village which consisted houses of different provinces built according to the real scale. There were people in each of the house, either carrying out the traditional activities - or demonstrate and give explanation to the visitors.  

The Thai folks were making crackers from rice that was pound, fried and mixed with grated coconut. We could take and eat the snacks for free. (We were quite hesitant at first.)

There was another spot where visitors were allowed to sample the dessert prepared and it was fresh from the (traditional) oven. I must say this one was very tasty indeed - sweet, salty and milky, just like our home-made sweet pancake (translate: lempeng).

There was even a small plot of land cultivated with paddy. That is one reason you have to be here earlier when the surrounding is not yet dark to see the village.

This is just the beginning. There is so much to tell of this place, I have to break this entry into three parts. Do come back for its continuation in Part 2 and Part 3.

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