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  • Buaphet Khuenkaew's brother Vichai Sadub (called Dang) leads his water buffalo to the rice fields where they will be staked out to graze (the rice has been harvested already) near Ban Muang Wa village, outside the northern town of Chiang Mai, in Thailand. He grows rice for personal use, and to sell for income. He and his extended family live within a stone's throw of each other. Material World Project.
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  • Fish for sale, laid out on plates, in a market in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Material World Project.
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  • Spices sold by a vendor in the street market in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Material World Project.
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  • Bhudda statue detail at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Material World Project.
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  • The lives of the majority of Thai people are dominated by traditional agricultural rhythms and the sounds of Buddhist rituals at the nearby temple. In homes across the country the most important image is Buddha. The image shown here is a bas-relief of Buddha at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Published in Material World page 83.
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  • Magazine shop in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Material World Project.
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  • North of Thailand's capital city of Bangkok, at the temple complex of Wat Chae Wattanaram, rows of stone Buddhas (a common image in this overwhelmingly Buddhist nation) testify to his enlightenment, Wat Chae Wattanaram, Thailand. Material World Project.
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  • Thirty Bhuddhist temples compete in a temple drumming contest near Ban Muang Wa village, Thailand. Music. Religion. Published in Material World page 87. This is an especial favorite pastime of many locals including the Khuenkaew family of Ban Muang Wa village. They live there in a wooden 728-square-foot house on stilts, surrounded by rice fields in the Ban Muang Wa village, outside the northern town of Chiang Mai, in Thailand.
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  • After the death of a 72-year old man who lived across the road from the Khuenkaew family compound, his family followed Thai tradition and bought a castle-like, wood-and-crepe paper funeral bier and placed the body on top. Then the village held a two-day wake, complete with tents, music, gambling, and outdoor barbecues. Gifts were piled atop the casket. Afterward, the men carried the bier on long bamboo poles to the cemetery. The family posed for photographs in front of the bier, said good-bye to the dead man, and left the cemetary-keeper to burn the remains. Funeral. Material World Project.
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  • After the death of a 72-year old man who lived across the road from the Khuenkaew family of the Material World Project, his family followed Thai tradition and bought a castle-like, wood-and-crepe paper funeral bier and placed the body on top. Then the village held a two-day wake, complete with tents, music, gambling, and outdoor barbecues. Gifts were piled atop the casket. Afterward, the men carried the bier on long bamboo poles to the cemetery. The family posed for photographs in front of the bier, said good-bye to the dead man, and left the cemetary-keeper to burn the remains. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait. pages 86 & 87. Thailand.
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  • Water taxi in Bangkok, Thailand.  Material World Project.
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