4.Pleasing in Ban Bat: From Thai Music School to the only one “Ram Wong” in Phra Nakhon When there is free time from work – beating the bat; The Ram Wong, Thai entertainment folk dancing  was started. At the same time, in Ban Bat there was also a famous music school, the music school of Luang Pradit Phairoh (Son Silpabanleng), since he had established his residence in Ban Bat. During the period of 1928 - 1969 was a crucial turning point for Thai society, entering into impo

3. Faith, tradition and folkway of Ban Bat : From pleading “Por Pu” to Vassa preaching. 3.1 Songkran - Por Pu: faith and beliefs about flame in Ban Bat “Por Pu” the holy spiritual anchor in Ban Bat for a long time. As we said, He is an elderly big man, wore all white, kept his hair in a joora and came into the one of  villager's dreams. After that, the villagers sculpt the portrait of him following their dream with clay and desire as spiritual anchor along with an ancient s

From Crematorium to Village Hall : The Journey of life in One Place 2.1 Cement crematorium Graveyard and The arrival of Somdej To Historically, Wat Saket’s graveyard is for cremated local people. It’s compliant with Pra Thu Phi (Ghost Gate) – the exit gate for moving corpses out of Phra Nakhon. The lesser nobles than noblesse oblige who were cremated by the royal crematorium ground at Sanam Luang, were cremated by Wat Saket’s cement crematorium. On the other hand, the layme

The “Ban Bat: A Living Breath of Tradition” Exhibition is a little piece introducing the essence to “Banbat” , one of the few artisan communities in the heart of Bangkok, Phra Nakhon (metropolis) who conserve “Bat” handicraft for a long time. Also, there are stories of Ban Bat through our way of life with people as the Ban Bat history expresses our identity, through thick and thin, and always through down the gauntlet in the river of generation. This exhibition is a glimpse o