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Thai Perfumeries With Thailand New Year Traditions
hai Perfumeries are Ob Thai, or individually used
comprised of several kinds such as scent talc for powdering.
of fragrant cosmetics. In
the old days, ladies would wear Pang-Ram (Scented talc)
perfume everyday while men would
do in some special occasions. Pang-Ram is made of naturally
Thai Perfumeries could described white talcum powder. It is ground
into four categories as follows: into fine particles and mixed
with other fragrant herbs or
1. Water-based perfumeries: perfumeries, i.e., kameyan,
Nam-Ob Thai (eau de toilette ) Magrood (lime)’s peel (Citrus
and Nam- Proong (eau de cologne); hystrix), Chamod ched
(Viverricula malaccensis),
2. Oil-based perfumeries : saffron, alum and red cane sugar.
Fragrant oils, Tani oil (thick
body oil), and fragrant lip balm; Ladies would directly powder
their skin with dry Pang-ram, or
3. Powdered perfumeries: Fragrant melt it with Nam-Ob Thai before
talc, Sarapee talc (siamensis applying it. The Pang-ram could
Kosterm), Poung talc, Kra-jae reduce skin irritation caused by
talc, powdered nutmeg, powdered heat or pollens. Thai people use
Kamin (Curcuma domestica Pang-ram after taking bath.
Valeton), and Juang;
New year traditions
4. Scent chewing herbs: Mak-Hom,
Niam leaves, Ganploo (Syzygium The most obvious celebration of
aromaticum), and nutmeg. Songkran is the throwing of
These perfumeries may be applied water. People roam the streets
together with each other, such as with bowls of water, water guns
Kar-Jae talc is mixed with Nam- or even a garden hose, and drench
each other and passersby. This, (น้ำอ$
however, is not the heart of this 10;ไทย), as it
festival. Not many people, even is believed that this will bring
the new generation of Thais, good luck and prosperity for the
realize that Thai ancestors New Year. In many cities, such as
started this festival to teach Chiang Mai, the Buddha statues
their descendants some important from all of the wats in the city
things. This festival teaches are paraded through the streets
people to come home to visit so that people can wash them as
their parents, pay respect to they pass by. People carry
them, and usually bring them a handfuls of sand to their temple
small gift. Mother and Father to in order to recompense the
have given to their children so dirt that they carry away on
much, and this is the time that their feet during the rest of the
children show them that they year. The sand is then piled into
recognize their parents' favor. large, tiered piles and decorated
People also visit their older with colorful flags. Later in the
neighbors to keep the good day, people also do community
relationships and to pay respect services. Going to wat and doing
to the elders around the community service teach people to
neighborhood. For these reasons give, the most basic way to
Songkran days are also considered happiness in Buddhism.
the family days and the elderly
days. Some people make New Year
resolutions - to refrain from bad
People go to a wat to pray and behaviour and to do more good
give food to monks. They also things. Songkran is a time for
clean Buddha images in temples cleaning and renewal. Many Thais
with water and gentle Thai take this opportunity to give
perfume their home a thorough cleaning.
The use of plaster is also very
The throwing water part was common having originated in the
originated as a way to pay plaster used by monks to mark
respect to people, by pouring a blessings.
small amount of lustral water on
other people’s hands as a sign of Nowadays, the emphasis is placed
respect. The youths also do it in on fun and water-throwing rather
a more fun way. They splash than on the festival's spiritual
others with water to relieve the and religious aspects, which
heat, since April is the hottest sometimes prompts complaints from
month in Thailand (temperatures traditionalists. In recent years
can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on there have been calls to moderate
some days). This has changed to the festival as there are many
water fights and splashing water road accidents and injuries
to people on vehicles, a hallmark attributed to some extreme
of Songkran as tourists know, as behavior - water being thrown in
Thais assimilate more western the faces of travelling
cultures and technologies. motorcyclists and elephant riding
elders.
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