baobao Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 Although it's a mess throughout the Bangkok area I still wanted to take a moment during this festival for the spirit mother of water to send my best thoughts to everyone there who has had to deal with the problems. It's a sad state of affairs all around, and if I were there I'd wish for the situation to come to a decent resolution soon. I took the somewhat blurry photo below one year at the zoo in Bangkok. If anyone has a story of a time they were in Thailand for Loy Krathong, I'd love to read it. Quote
pong Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 Am in your town, ChMai now, and enjoyed the festivities here. Much larger-and nicer! as that 1 evening affair in BKK. Yesterdays eve parade along Tapae-with the good people of the north also providing ample male beauties on the floats was very nice. This time really sorry I do not take pix, nor even have that mobuy with camera ready. Amusing story in our branch- 2/3 days ago at Pantip they wer preapring for a kind of show on a stage. Loads of small ''nopparat''=beauty queen. A sizeable group op ladyboy looking males. And 2 fierce males-with San Yont tattoos on the back-and 1 with an interesting looking same around waist-they looked like having longer trousers, but that was painted on the thighs and they only wore a small sarong around the hips. They were repeating for a kind of sword-dance. I overheard them-and (oh really-the Kham Muang people here speak so good Thai-slow-it is so easy to understand) they were talking among them about;; "now we get all those white gays asking us........."" and sure enough, whithin 5 mins a couple arrived and asked. Quote
Rogie Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 If anyone has a story of a time they were in Thailand for Loy Krathong, I'd love to read it. No story I'm afraid, but a different kind of photo! Taken 4 years ago in Isarn on Loy Krathong night. It seems to have been a typical small town affair staged in an out-of-the-way village. I would imagine these sorts of beauty shows are common in various parts of Thailand. Amusing story in our branch- 2/3 days ago at Pantip they wer preapring for a kind of show on a stage. Loads of small ''nopparat''=beauty queen. Is 'nopparat' the Thai word for a beauty queen? It sounds like a similar type of show to the ones I've seen a few times in Isarn. They were repeating for a kind of sword-dance. I overheard them-and (oh really-the Kham Muang people here speak so good Thai-slow-it is so easy to understand) they were talking among them about;; "now we get all those white gays asking us........."" and sure enough, whithin 5 mins a couple arrived and asked. What are the Kham Muang? Are they an ethnic minority or Hilltribe people? Quote
pong Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 1.Is 'nopparat' the Thai word for a beauty queen? 2.What are the Kham Muang? @1. seems to me a tipical ChMai expression-for a (fe)male beautyqueen/miss, clad in the usual long slender dress from here and with an extensive hair-juwellery on. have only heard it (here) in relation to YiPeng=LOyKrtg festival @2-was adressing the OP=jaafar/baobao (=softx2). He lives here. KHam Muang is the old name for the then apart kingdom of the north around ChMai. Thus they are tipically NOT chao doi=people from the hills. Kham=also word in Thai, also signifies the tipical dialect spoken here. Most chao doi have their own dialect/language, often with Tibetan roots. The biggest group-debatable if they are realy chao doi, are the Shan/Karen (THai Yai for Thai) who mainly live in Burma=Myanmar=Phima and sneek over borders. They speak mainly a version of proper Thai (also in BUrma! Quote
baobao Posted November 14, 2011 Author Posted November 14, 2011 I believe jaafar may live in Chiang Mai - I do not - and we're two different people. Lovely place, though. Thanks for the photo, Rogie. Seems most anything over a Sunday is a reason for a beauty contest in Thailand LOL Quote
