Doi Mae Salong, la Chine en Thailande

Pour nous rendre à Doi Mae Salong nous avons pris un guide Il s'apelle Bo

et sa femme, Nan, 

avec ma mootua

je vous donne leurs coordonées à la fin de l'article

J’avais lu quelques passages sur Mae Salong qui m’avaient emballée. 

Mae Salong ou Doi Mae Salong (Doi : montagne) située à l’extrême Nord de la Thaïlande est une destination super dépaysante.
Accolée à la Birmanie, elle offre un avant-goût de la Chine. 

Peuplée par des membres du Kouo-Min-Tang qui, fuyant la Chine, s’étaient réfugiés en Birmanie pour être ensuite accueillis par la Thaïlande, on y retrouve l’empreinte forte de la culture chinoise.

Par gratitude envers le Royaume de la Thaïlande les membres avaient, à la frontière, soutenu le combat thaïlandais contre le communisme.

A son tour, le Roi de la Thaïlande manifesta sa reconnaissance en leur donnant la montagne de Mae Salong.

Ils vécurent longtemps du commerce de l’opium. Après l’entreprise menée par le royaume pour assainir la région du nord de la drogue et surtout de l’opium, les habitants de Mae Salong développèrent la culture du thé. Il y a à l’heure actuelle pas moins de 45.000 plantations de thé.

Nous avons pris la route sinueuse qui monte vers Mae Salong, traversé les forêts et longé les superbes plantations de thé. Puis la route a commencé à se rétrécir alors que nous entrions dans un village. Nous étions véritablement en Chine.

Les lampions rouges, les pagodes chinoises, les restaurants de cuisine chinoise, les marchés d’artisanat et de mets succulents, tout était chinois.

Nous étions tout excités. Nous voulions tout voir, tout goûter.

Bo et sa femme Nan, nos guides, tiennent un des Cafés les plus sympa de la ville de Chiang Rai. 

Le Peingjai Café 

à Chiang Rai

téléphone: 0815664848

C’est un voyage privé qui vous permet de vous arrêter où vous voulez et de voir ce que vous voulez, qui ne vous coûtera pas plus cher qu’un tour organisé dans un bus rempli de touristes.

Ce couple de guides est charmant. Ils sont devenus des amis.

https://www.facebook.com/alice.arisa.

contactez les par téléphone

ou via Facebook

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JEÛNE ALTERNATIF

mon expérience du jeûne alternatif au jour le jour

(Comme le propose Thierry Casasnovas, dans une vidéo sur le jeûne alternatif.)

Depuis longtemps, je ressens le besoin de jeûner. Mais je n’arrive plus à le faire. Je traine des séquelles de la Chikungunya depuis deux ans. 

Je vais en m’améliorant, mais la fatigue est toujours là. 

Je pense cependant, par mon vécu, que cette fatigue est liée à ce que je mange. 

J’ai remarqué particulièrement les effets du sucre sur mon corps.
Une consommation de sucre est souvent suivie par des maux aux jambes. 

C’est comme si j’avais des rhumatismes avec des picotements. et j'ai très mal oendant au moins 24 heures.
J’ai supprimé en général le sucre, mais lorsque j’ai des « envies » je m’offre quelque chose de sucré.

Depuis que je suis en Thaïlande, je me fais beaucoup masser et je marche autant que je peux.

Les massages et le fait de me bouger plus, (ce que je ne faisais plus depuis le début de la maladie) m’ont fait du bien et progresser.

Je commence dès demain le jeûne alternatif.

J'ai décicé de partager avec vous au quotidien car je me dis que cette expérience aidera peut-être l'un de vous.

Que ceux qui sont intéressés par cette expérience n’hésitent pas à m’envoyer un message directement sur mon blog, ainsi que leur adresse mail s'ils souhaitent recevoir l'expérience du jour.



Merci !

Je vous présente 

Leia Chang Soi

certains la connaissent déjà

elle a commencé à faire ses preuves dans le domaine du dessin animé

c'est la première fois que nous travaillons ensemble

c'est notre Premier Livre ensembles

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KAHAI ET LE CERF-VOLANT

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A beautiful birthday

Each year, on December 5th, Thailand celebrates the King’s birthday.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej was born on December 5th of the year 1927. He passed away on October 13th of this year, and an entire country is mourning after its beloved King Rama IX.

This day is also celebrated as Father’s Day across Thailand. Thai people may give a dok Buddha ruksa (also known as a canna flower) to their fathers and grandfathers on this day.

Many people also wear yellow, which is the king’s color. But this year, on December 5th, people were wearing black as a sign of mourning.

This date is also celebrated as National Day.

Countless people will gather throughout the country to feed monks early in the morning.
On the following day, December 6th, celebrations will continue with a huge practice session for Friday's Bike for Dad procession.

On the 5th of December, a lot of meals were offered everywhere and throughout the country to honor the King.

In the small city of Chiang Rai, no less than fifty-two restaurants and markets offered meals and deserts to anyone who wanted.

A friend of mine who owns a small and very nice Café invited me to join her and volunteer in one of the restaurants on her street involved in that activity.

I happily accepted and followed her to a huge barbecue place named Meangluang on Sankong Luang. It belongs and is run by a very young Thai woman and is one of the largest around. It does not open before two PM on and offers nothing but barbecues. It is a very popular place and can accept hundreds of clients.

On this day, the owner named Ann would serve meals for free. And according to the Thai culture, solidarity gathers a lot of people to help and volunteer.

When my friend and I reached her place, a lot of young people were already there and actively giving a helpful help to the restaurant’s team. 

The wind was blowing peace and happiness into the place. A little girl nicknamed Cartoon, as thin as a twig, was volunteering to be the taster. 

She began with the juice and the fabulous coconut ice-cream. I must confess that I began my meal with desert and I admit that I have never enjoyed better ice-cream in my whole life. It was simply out-of-this-world and heavenly.

When everything was ready and set up and before the meals would be served, I saw everyone gather around the young lady who owns the place : her mother, the Meangluang’s team and all the volunteers. They helped themselves to candles and incense and followed the owner and her mother to the house of spirit sitting on the side of the garden. They offered flowers and incense to the protection spirits and respectfully prayed.

When traveling around Thailand, I had noticed these little houses in homes gardens or in front of a business building. Curious about what they were I was told that they were  "house for the spirit of the land" , a shrine to the protective spirit of the place that is found in the Southeast Asian countries of Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.
Most houses and businesses have a spirit house placed in a propitious spot, conducive to success, most often in a corner of the property. The location may be chosen after consultation with a Brahmin priest.
The spirit house is normally in the form of a miniature house or temple and is mounted on a pillar or on a dais.

The house is intended to provide a shelter for spirits that could cause problems for the people if not appeased. The shrines often include images of people and animals. Votives, candles and incense are left at the house to propitiate the spirits. More elaborate installations include an altar for this purpose.

Spirit worship is as old as mankind itself. In Thailand, the phenomenon goes back to the ancient days when the Tai’s were beginning their slow migration from the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam to all parts of the Southeast Asian region. Spirit worship or Animism, was a religion by which the entire world lived at one time, and when Buddhism came to Southeast Asia, it developed side by side with the ancient spirit religion. Today, many of the old animistic beliefs are intertwined with Buddhism and some animistic practices still exist in Thailand. One of these which is practiced by every Thai is the Spirit House.

Now, everyone was ready to welcome and serve people who would come and eat for free. Around noon, they began to arrive. Some would help themselves to the buffet and sit down to eat. Others would take their meal back home to share with their family.

On that day a lot of families travel across the country to be reunited with the father of the house and honor him. It is a time of rejoicing and love.
Thailand also celebrates fathers’ day on this same date.
Father’s Day celebrates fatherhood and male parenting on different dates worldwide. But Thailand honors fathers of the country on the King’s birth date.
For Father’s Day, families usually go eat out together. Many restaurants will be specially packed on this day. Special discounts may be offered for a family who bring their fathers along. Children will make cards for their daddies, take him shopping, visit a temple, and spend as much time as they can together.
But a lot of people choose to prepare a meal at home, in the house where the father lives.

It seems that the tradition and the beautiful father image given by the beloved King contribute to strenghten families traditions of unity and solidarity. This particular solidarity extends to the people and to the country at different times and occasions throughout the year. Many reasons will bring people to help each other and make each other’s life a little easier on a particular moment. « It is a way of life, it is our culture » was I told.

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The Moon Shell

THE MOON SHELL

by

Rai Chaze

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illustrated by Vashee

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THE MOON SHELL

extrait

Once upon a time, in an island of the Tuamotu, there was a little girl named Atanua. Her long brown wavy hair was cut nice and straight above her shoulders. Her delicate ears, pierced as a newborn, were adorned by golden pearls.

She had heard of a Moon Shell which, in the old days, was found in a village. It had since disappeared. Story tells it looked like no other shell found in this world. The ocean can be heard in most shells, when brought close to one’s ear. This particular shell had a different noise. In this shell, one could hear the sound of life. To the one who had lost his hearing, it gave it back.

In the island of Atanua, half of the population is deaf. These persons had never heard the sound of the ocean nor the one of the wind. They did not know of the bird songs, nor the cries of a baby. They had never heard the voice of a mom saying ‘I love you”. Story tells that the disappearance of the Moon Shell lead to people losing their gift of hearing. Only the ones who had kept a pure nostalgia for the moon shell in their hearts weren’t affected.

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