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Phraya Anuman Rajadhon

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He had no academic titles and did all the training he needed for his research and compilation work on his own. Phya Anuman Rajadhon took a special interest in popular culture. Many of the ancient habits of Thais that he recorded and described would have died unnoticed if they had not been put down
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Moved by an innate curiosity and having an eye for detail, Phya Anuman Rajadhon observed and took notes on Thai society at a crucial time when much of the traditional culture was being overwhelmed by modernity. As years went by he studied in depth the
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Recognition came to Phya Anuman Rajadhon only towards his later years, when he was invited to universities to give lectures and began travelling abroad. He was given the post of President of the
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As a writer he wrote novels under the pen name Sathirakoses. He also wrote works on important Thai cultural figures, including a biography of
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and ended up becoming one of Thailand's most respected intellectuals, both in the last years of his life and posthumously.
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A Comparative Study of Family Institution between Professor Phaya Anuman Rajadhon's Literary Works and Contemporary Novels
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Some traditions of the Thai and other translations of Phya Anuman Rajadhon's articles on Thai customs
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Phraya Anuman Rajadhon was the first Thai scholar to conduct a serious study of Thai
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to sociology, set the foundations for a long-lasting cultural awareness among young
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Only a fraction of Phya Anuman Rajadhon's works has been translated into English.
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His prolific work and his interest in a multitude of culture-related fields, from
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into writing by him. Often his descriptions were accompanied by illustrations.
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about a young Indian merchant's seek for truth and his encounter with Lord
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The commemoration of the 100th year of his birth was staged in 1988 by
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Movie poster showing Thai ghosts Krahang and Krasue with Count Dracula
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Department of Literature Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University
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Life and Ritual in Old Siam: Three Studies of Thai Life and Customs
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Anuman Rajadhon was his noble title. He also took his family name,
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Recipients of the Dushdi Mala Medal, Pin of Arts and Science
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Charles F. Keyes; William Klausner; Sulak Sivaraksa (1973),
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A collection of works by Phraya Anuman Rajadhon (e-books)
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He was a self-trained 609:"The Ceremony of Tham Khwan of a Month Old Child" 1074: 360:He worked in different locations, including the 1027:Bangkok: Sathiankoset–Nakhaprathip Foundation. 568:, The National Culture Institute, Bangkok 1953 925:ChÄĢwit Phra Sāraprasœt thÄĢ khāphačhao rÅĢčhak 497:in Relation to the Diffusion of Her Cultures 938:"East by Southeast – Phaya Anuman Rajadhon" 254:, as a pen name by which he is well known. 1118:Academic staff of Chulalongkorn University 514:, National Culture Institute, Bangkok 1956 505:, National Culture Institute, Bangkok 1954 135: 47: 1128:Fellows of the Royal Society of Thailand 753:"Notes on the Thread-Square in Thailand" 535:Introducing Cultural Thailand in Outline 1113:Alumni of Assumption College (Thailand) 1063:Custom of Cutting the Topknot, Thailand 663:"A Note on Divination By Ahom Deodhais" 14: 1075: 992:, Sathiankoset–Nakhaprathip Foundation 1003:Bibliography and personal photographs 645:"Amusements during Songkran festival" 990:Phya Anuman Rajadhon: A Reminiscence 974:NLA Catalogue – Phya Anuman Rajadhon 893:The Development of the Thai Language 411:Sathirakoses-Nagapradeepa Foundation 572: 24: 1043:Phya Anuman Rajadhon – Googlebooks 1024:My Father: Phraya Anuman Rajadhon. 981: 485:The Nature and Development of the 25: 1159: 997: 416: 529:Thai Literature and Swasdi Raksa 450:and other Essays on Thai Studies 967: 963:Worldcat – Phya Anuman Rajadhon 956: 816:Mahidol University – Literature 218:who became an authority on the 1018:Bangkok: Silpakorn University. 930: 917: 897: 886: 875: 864: 853: 827: 809: 762:"Obituary Phy Anuman Rajadhon" 717:"The Khwan and its Ceremonies" 13: 1: 803: 708:"Thai Traditional Salutation" 690:"Fertility Rites in Thailand" 466:, New Haven, HRAF Press, 1961 1148:20th-century anthropologists 1021:Somsi Sukumonlanan. 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Index

Sathirakoses
Phraya

Bangkok
Siam
Bangkok
Thai
RTGS
Thailand
linguist
anthropologist
ethnographer
culture of Thailand
Thai
RTGS
Phraya
folklore
Thai
folkloristics
Thai folklore
Nang Tani
Nang Ta-khian
Krasue
Krahang
Phi Am
Phi Hua Kat
Phi Pop
Phi Phong
Phi Phraya
Phi Tai Hong

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