Nam Ob Thai In The Thai New Year

N am-Ob Thai                                                                                          5. Mix with powdered rice grain.   Nam- Ob Thai is one of          This could reduce skin irritation  Krueng Pratin, featuring clear,       and rashes caused by dust          perfumed water in light yellow        allergies.                         colour. Its name derives from a                                          major peocess of making “Ob”          6. Mix with Pang Krajae to remark  (vapouring). The Nam-Ob could be      objects in blessing ceremonies.    made with or without fresh                                               flowers.                              7. Being an offering in some                                             rituals such as the Rice           Applications of the Nam-Ob Thai       Goddess’s                                                                                                   1. Directly apply on face and         8. Bathe the Buddha’s image,       body to relieve skin from hot         monks or the elderly in special    temperature and reduce sweat          festivals such as Songkran’s       odour.                                festival.                                                                                                   2. Mix with Pang-Rum before           9. Mix with fresh or dry           applying on face or body for          potpourri.                         beauty and reduce skin                                                   irritation.                           10. Bathe the pass-away’s body in                                        general bathe people’s funeral.    3. Sprinkle on clothes.               The King may allow a royal Nam-Ob                                        Thai bathe for high-ranking’s      4. Mix with powdered Kamin an rub     funerals.                          on body skin before raking a                                             bath. It is a traditional,            The Thai New Year (Thai:           beautifying therapy for Thai          สงกรū  women in the past.                    4;นต์ Songkran)  is celebrated every year on April     following (But Sri Lanka still     13 to April 15. It is also            uses an astrological calculation   celebrated in Laos (called            to set the dates and times based   Songkan in Lao), Myanmar (Burma       on the sun's positional change     where it is called Thingyan), and     and those dates and times are      by ethnic Dai in Yunnan, China.       used to start the festival         Sri Lanka also celebrates a           events). Songkran falls in the     similar festival called Sinhalese     hottest time of the year in        and Tamil new year on the same        Thailand, at the end of the dry    dates.                                season. Until 1888 the Thai New                                          Year was the beginning of the      The date of the festival was          year in Thailand; thereafter       originally set by astrological        April 1 was used until 1940.       calculation, but it is now fixed      January 1 is now the beginning of  . If these days fall on a             the year. The traditional Thai     weekend, the missed days off will     New Year has been a national       be taken on the days immediately      holiday since then.                About the Author: www.antiaging-skincare-antiaging.com www.healthspateen.com www.hairlossprotect.com Read more articles by: Saronkorn Seuyouyong Article Source: www.iSnare.com