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    Every year, northern Asian Shorebirds migrate south, escaping the cold winter months to the plentiful coastal shores of the Gulf of Thailand. The shores, providing sustenance and shelter, become a temporary abode until the shorebird either flies further south or returns to its nesting grounds up north come summertime. Year in and year out, local residents have been witness to these migrating patterns, although increasingly, the Shorebird's return to the coastal chores of the Gulf has become anything but certain. In this age of toxic waste, industrialization, and environmental degradation and "cosmetogoly", hunting has become the lesser threat. Today, the shorebird is confronted with more sophisticated threats that endanger their food source altogether.

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    The Wat Phu religious complex, inclusive of the temple, the surrounding compound, the sacred mountain, the permanent spring and the remains of a pre-Angkorian city, is the culminated expression of Khmer, Lao, Hindu, and Buddhist faith and immensity, serving to this day as a place of worship as well as a site of historical, religious, and architectural significance. "This ancient site displays a brilliance, an exceptional capacity to create and a zealous perseverance that is a single outstanding distinction of the human mind, heart and spirit." Come take a sneak peek as Sarakadee journeys to Champasak Province in southern Laos to witness the annual Wat Phu festival.

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    After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1867, Ukiyoe art suffered a steady decrease in popularity in Japan. At the same time, however, Nagasaki was opened as a port city, serving to connect Japan to the rest of the world and effectively ending its 200 plus years of isolation. Once Ukiyoe was introduced to the European continent as a result of the end of Japan's isolation, it immediately rose in popularity, resulting in the creation of the Japonisme movement towards end of the 19th century. Classical artists were finally released from their rigid frames of artistic expression, and sought instead to adapt and recreate the design and style of Ukiyoe. Their clever adaptations of theme, posture, perspective, framing and composition, and ornamentation to be more in line with the Ukiyoe vision attest to the vitality of the Japonisme movement. The influence of Ukiyoe on European art - Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Art Nouveau - was nothing less than incredible. 

    To your average passerby - the yearly three million tourists vacationing in the Southern Thai provincial island - Phuket is simply a popular vacation spot. That is, local culture and history often remains lost on those millions seeking the temporary joys of a short, leisure trip. A memory of Phuket is often fleeting, lacking in substance and dimension. Have you ever wondered who the local residents of the island really are? How they live? What issues concern their well-being and daily lives? Join Sarakadee in getting to know Phuket more intimately, as we attempt to bring you closer to the people and traditions of the island paradise through a tell-tale collection of news clippings.

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