BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IP.Board Calendar 3.3.4//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Community Calendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20070325T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20071028T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20060326T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20061029T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20080330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20081026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20110327T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20111030T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20120325T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20121028T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20100328T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20101031T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20090329T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20091025T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Khao Phansa (Thailand) DTSTAMP:20070430T110956Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:eea8862fa3db69ff9991b1db35dab4d9@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: The Buddhist Lent\, which starts on the first day of the w aning moon of the eighth lunar month. The tradition of Buddh ist Lent or the annual three-month Rains Retreat known in Th ai as "\;Phansa"\; dates back to the time of early B uddhism in ancient India\, all holy men\, mendicants and sag es spent three months of the annual rainy season in permanen t dwellings. They avoided unnecessary travel during the peri od when crops were still new for fear they might accidentall y step on young plants. In deference to popular opinion\, Lo rd Buddha decreed that his followers should also abide by th is ancient tradition\, and thus began to gather in-groups of simple dwellings.\n \n\n \; \; \; \; \;  \; the day means the day on which the Buddhist monks t ake the vow to stay only at one particular place or temples which can shelter them from the sun \, storms and rain.\n Fo r \; \;Buddhism and \; \;its followers the B uddhist Lent has the following Important \; \;charac teristics:\n\n \n\n \n 1. Buddhist monks who have been trav elling from place to place have to take up shelter in a part icular place\, according to Lord Buddha'\;s discipline.\n \n\n2. Buddhist monks who stay at a particular place for a length of time shall teach the young boys who wish to be ord ained in order to study the Buddhist Doctrine\, and preach t o the lay followers.\n \n\n3. During the Buddhist Lent lay f ollows refrain from bad actions in particular drinking alcoh ol\, taking drugs or leading an inappropriate life.\n \n\n4. During the Buddhist Lent\, the laymen acquire merit\, obser ve five or eight precepts \, listen to sermons and sit in me ditation in temples.\n \n \n \; \;Thai Version \n\n  \; \; \; \; Buddhist Lent covers a good part of the rainy season and lasts three lunar months. In T hailand\, Buddhist monks resolve to stay in a temple of thei r choice and will not take an abode in an other temple until the Lent is over. The celebration of the beginning of Buddh ist Lent is marked by the ceremony of presenting candles to the monks. Various institutions e.g. schools and universitie s\, including public and private organizations will organize a colorful candle procession leading to a temple where the offering of the candles will be made.\n \n Some Buddhist fol lowers consider the beginning of Buddhist Lent as a time for making resolution such as refraining from smoking or observ ing five precepts (Panjasila) throughout the three-month Rai ns Retreat. On Buddhist Lent Day\,Buddhist worshippers go to the temple\, offer food and others necessities to the monks \, and attend a 3-round candle procession around the Buddhis t temple.They behave according to the rules of Buddist Comma ndments\, pray and meditate\,especially on this Buddhist Day of Worship.  \; \; \; \; \; \; \n&n bsp\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \ ; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;&nb sp\;With permission from : Thanapol \; \; \;&nbs p\; \; \; \; \; Chadchaidee. (1994). Essays on Thailand. \; \; \; \; \; \; \ ; \; Bangkok : Thaichareunkanpem. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20070630T180000Z DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20070730T175959Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Happy New Years!\;!\; DTSTAMP:20061231T070515Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:d7685a4f521b4aee69ddcef8a4ce0d60@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Happy New Year to everyone!\; \; \;:D DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20061230T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bhutan..Descending Day of Lord Buddha from Heaven DTSTAMP:20080822T040730Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:093728763d4171b6d31bfddac2308954@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Observing Descending Day of Lord Buddha\n \n \n\n 4 November 2008 - A habit cultivated over the last few decades\, Choni Dorji\, 62\, gets up at 4 every morning\, offers water and butter lamps at the altar and sits cross legged to pray for the next two hours. \n\nDevotees in Paro perform the throe m ai choe tshog on lhabab duechen \; \; \n\n\n\n \nOn November 4\, Choni Dorji\, a shopkeeper in Dechenchholing in Thimphu followed his usual morning routine but refrained fr om household chores or any activity that could be sinful. “I did not even drive my car as insects on the road could get killed\,” said Choni Dorji. \nNovember 4 coincides with the 22nd day of the ninth month of the Bhutanese calender and is observed nationwide as the Lhabab Duechen or Descending Day of Lord Buddha. It has been declared a national holiday by the government. \n\nLhabab Duechen is generally seen by the Bhutanese to a be very religious day for dedicating oneself towards virtuous deeds. “The benefits are multifold for ever y good deed on this day\,” said Choni Dorji his palms held c lose to his chest clubbed in the form of a lotus. \n\nAlmost all Bhutanese find a way to break away from normal life and dedicate themselves towards the spiritual on Lhabab Duechen . Monastries\, dzongs and dratshangs around the country are flooded with devotees. \n\nThe central monastic body in Thim phu performed the invocation prayer of the 16 Arahats. Start ing 2 am\, the Dorji Lopen\, the Tsengye Lopen and the drats hang Umze performed different kinds of rituals at Tashichhod zong. At 10:30 am\, the Je Khenpo performed the invocation o f the guardian deity Mahakala and in the afternoon\, the cen tral monk body performed a tshogkhor.\n\nTshewang\, a civil servant in Thimphu took his family to Changangkha lhakhang a nd offered prayers. “This is an important day for a Buddhist and I am glad that I could spend the day with my family and pray together\,” he told Kuensel. \n\nIn Paro\, more than 5 00 devotees consisting of monks\, nuns\, trainees\, business men\, and civilians both local and from Haa\, Wangduephodran g and Punakha performed the (throe mai choe tshog) presided over by Garab Rinpoche. \n\nSherubtse College in Kanglung co ncluded the daily evening prayer session of the year and lit 300 butter lamps\, according to principal Dorji Tshering. \ n\nThe descending day of Lord Buddha is a celebration of his return to earth from heaven. \n\nHistory says that Lord Bud dha was born in Lumbini\, Nepal\, and his mother expired aft er seven days. Therefore six years after attaining enlighten ment at the age of 41\, he ascended to heaven on the 15th da y of the sixth month of the lunar calender to preach to his mother. \n\nWhen he was preaching his mother along with gods and goddesses in heaven\, two male and female devotees\, tw o ordained nuns and monks and king Zug Chen Nyingpo on the e arth were worried because they did not know where Buddha was . Then\, Buddha’s disciple\, the clairvoyant Sharibu\, had a vision of the lord to be in heaven. \n\nFollowing the reque st of all the devotees\, another disciple of Lord Buddha\, M ao gyel ge bu\, who was known to possess miraculous powers\, ascended to heaven on the 15th day of the ninth month of th e lunar calender and requested Buddha to return to earth. \n \nLord Buddha descended to earth on the 22nd day of the nint h month. \n\nBy Tashi Dorji in Phuentsholing\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20081203T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thailand: Birthday of H.M. the King DTSTAMP:20080822T043824Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:40a31af51bde65c8c6c4fd8262d653cd@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Bhumibol Adulyadej (Thai: ภ\;ู\;ม\;ิ\;&# 3614\;ล\;อ\;ด\;ุ\;ล\;ย\;เ \;ด\;ช\;\; IPA: [pʰ\;uː\;mipʰ\;on adun jadeː\;t]\; Royal Institute: Phumiphon Adunyadet\; liste n (help·info)) (born Monday\, December 5\, 1927 in the Year of the Rabbit)\, is the current King of Thailand. Publicly a cclaimed "\;the Great"\; (Thai: ม\;ห\;$ 34\;ร\;า\;ช\;\, Maharaja)\, he is also known as Rama IX. Having reigned since June 9\, 1946\, he is the w orld'\;s longest-serving current head of state and the lo ngest-serving monarch in Thai history.[1]\n\nAlthough Bhumib ol is a constitutional monarch\, he has several times made d ecisive interventions in Thai politics\, including the 2005- 2006 Thai political crisis. He was credited with facilitatin g Thailand'\;s transition to democracy in the 1990s\, alt hough in earlier periods of his reign he supported some mili tary regimes.[citation needed]\n\nA billionaire\, Bhumibol h as used part of his great wealth to fund over 3\,000 develop ment projects\, particularly in rural areas. He is immensely popular in Thailand\, and is revered as a semi-divine figur e by the Thais.[2][3][4]\n\nBhumibol was born in the United States and educated primarily in Switzerland. Bhumibol is al so an accomplished musician\, artist\, and sailor.\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20081204T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chinese New Year DTSTAMP:20070213T061936Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:002be06251928bc7cdd0ed3a2a32a321@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Chinese New Year :blush: \; \;:lol: \n\nInfo about i t is at http://asiarecipe.com/chinewyear.html \n\n\nChinese New Year Traditions\nEven though the climax of the Chinese N ew Year\, Nian\, lasts only two or three days including the New Year'\;s Eve\, the New Year season extends from the m id-twelfth month of the previous year to the middle of the f irst month of the new year. A month from the New Year\, it i s a good time for business. People will pour out their money to buy presents\, decoration material\, food and clothing. Transportation department\, railroad in particular\, is nerv ously waiting for the onslaught of swarms of travellers who take their days off around the New Year to rush back home fo r a family reunion from all parts of the country. \n\nDays b efore the New Year\, every family is busy giving its house a thorough cleaning\, hoping to sweep away all the ill-fortun e there may have been in the family to make way for the wish ful in-coming good luck. People also give their doors and wi ndow-panes a new paint\, usually in red color. They decorate the doors and windows with paper-cuts and couplets with the very popular theme of "\;happiness"\;\, "\;weal th"\;\, "\;longevity"\; and "\;satisfactory marriage with more children"\;. Paintings of the same th eme are put up in the house on top of the newly mounted wall paper. In the old days\, various kinds of food are tributed at the Alta of ancestors. The Eve of the New Year is very c arefully observed. Supper is a feast\, with all members comi ng together. One of the most popular course is jiaozi\, dump lings boiled in water. "\;Jiaozi"\; in Chinese liter ally mean "\;sleep together and have sons"\;\, a lon g-lost good wish for a family. After dinner\, it is time for the whole family to sit up for the night while having fun p laying cards or board games or watching TV programs dedicate d to the occasion. Every light is supposed to be kept on the whole night. At midnight\, the whole sky will be lit up by fireworks and firecrackers make everywhere seem like a war z one. People'\;s excitement reach its zenith. Very early t he next morning\, children greet their parents and receive t heir presents in terms of cash wrapped up in red paper packa ges from them. Then\, the family start out to say greetings from door to door\, first their relatives and then their nei ghbors. It is a great time for reconciliation. Old grudges a re very easily cast away during the greetings. The air is pe rmeated with warmth and friendliness. During and several day s following the New Year'\;s day\, people are visiting ea ch other\, with a great deal of exchange of gifts. The New Y ear atmosphere is brought to an anti-climax fifteen days awa y where the Festival of Lanterns sets in. It is an occasion of lantern shows and folk dances everywhere. One typical foo d is the Tang Yuan\, another kind of dumplings made of sweet rice rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spi cy fillings. \n\n\nHistory of Chinese New Year \n\n\nThe Chi nese New Year history is rich and diverse. This year the Chi nese New Year is on January 29 th . \n\nThe Chinese New Year is very similar to the Western one\, wrapped in traditions and rituals. The history of the Chinese New Year is so old t hat its origins are lost in the mists of time. It is popular ly recognized as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 1 5 days. \n\nIt is said that in ancient times\, the feudal ru lers placed great importance on Chinese New Year celebration s and organized grand ceremonies to mark this event. \n\nPre parations tend to begin a month from the date of the Chinese New Year as people start buying presents\, decoration mater ials\, food and clothing. A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Year \, when Chinese houses are cleaned from top to bottom\, to sweep away any traces of bad luck\, and doors and windowpanes are given a new coat of paint\, usuall y red. The doors and windows are then decorated with paper c uts and couplets with themes such as happiness\, wealth and longevity printed on them. \n\nIn the history it'\;s ment ioned that Chinese peasants eagerly wait for this day becaus e it is on this day that the kitchen God is supposed to depa rt away to the lord of heaven (known as to the Jade Emperor) to report about the family. During his absence-that is\, th e period in which He leaves the kitchen only to return in th e New Year -the family members clean up the house and make a fresh start to welcome the God as well as the new promising year. \n\nHistorically speaking\, the Chinese New Year Day has practically been regarded as the only day of the year wh en China'\;s hard-working peasants allowed themselves to rest. \n\nThe eve of the Chinese New Year is perhaps the mos t exciting part of the event in the history of time\, as ant icipation creeps in. Here\, traditions and rituals are very carefully observed in everything from food to clothing. Dinn er is usually a feast of seafood and dumplings\, signifying different good wishes. Delicacies include prawns\, for livel iness and happiness\, dried oysters (or ho xi)\, for all thi ngs good\, raw fish salad or yu sheng to bring good luck and prosperity. \n\nIt'\;s usual to wear something red as th is color is meant to ward off evil spirits - but black and w hite are out\, as these are associated with mourning. After dinner\, the family sit up for the night playing cards\, boa rd games or watching TV programmes dedicated to the occasion . At midnight\, fireworks to mark the Chinese New Year welco me light up the sky. \n\nOn the Chinese New Year day itself in history \, an ancient custom called Hong Bao\, meaning Re d Packet\, takes place. This involves married couples giving children and unmarried adults money in red envelopes. Then the family begins to wish greetings from door to door\, firs t to their relatives and then their neighbours. Like the Wes tern saying "\;let bygones be bygones\,"\; at Chines e New Year \, grudges are very easily cast aside. \n\nThe en d of the New Year is marked by the Festival of Lanterns\, wh ich is a celebration with singing\, dancing and lantern show s. \n\nAlthough celebrations of the Chinese New Year vary\, the underlying message is one of peace and happiness for fam ily members and friends. \nTraditional New Year Foods \nProb ably more food is consumed during the New Year celebrations than any other time of the year. Vast amounts of traditional food is prepared for family and friends\, as well as those close to us who have died. \n\nOn New Year’s Day\, the Chine se family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai. Although th e various ingredients in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables\, many people attribute various superstitious asp ects to them: \n\n•Lotus seed - signify having many male off spring \n•Ginkgo nut - represents silver ingots \n•Black mos s seaweed - is a homonym for exceeding in wealth \n•Dried be an curd is another homonym for fulfillment of wealth and hap piness \n•Bamboo shoots - is a term which sounds like "\ ;wishing that everything would be well"\; •Fresh bean cu rd or tofu is not included as it is white and unlucky for Ne w Year as the color signifies death and misfortune. \n\n\nOt her foods include a whole fish\, to represent togetherness a nd abundance\, and a chicken for prosperity. The chicken mus t be presented with a head\, tail and feet to symbolize comp leteness. Noodles should be uncut\, as they represent long l ife. In south China\, the favorite and most typical dishes w ere nian gao\, sweet steamed glutinous rice pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in reed leaves)\, another pop ular delicacy. In the north\, steamed-wheat bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food. The tremen dous amount of food prepared at this time was meant to symbo lize abundance and wealth for the household \n\n<\;H2 alig n=center>\;Traditional New Year Recipes<\;/H2>\;\n\nJi en Duy (Sweet Sesame Seed Ball) \n<\;/H2>\;Jien duy are deep fried\, puffed\, glutinous rice balls filled with red o r black bean or lotus paste and covered with sesame seeds. T he small rounds of dough transform into large airy puffs whe n fried. The belief is that successful businesses are create d similarly: the entrepreneur can turn a small amount of cap ital into a big return. These treats can be found at any dee m sum house. The following recipe is from renowned chef Joyc e Jue.\n\nIngredients\n\n1-1/3 cups water4 or 5 sticks Chine se brown slab sugar1 pound glutinous rice powder/flour1 cup canned sweet red bean paste filling (or black bean or lotus paste)1/2 cup sesame seedsPeanut oil for deep fryingPreparat ion:\n\nBring water and sugar to a boil\, stirring\, until t he sugar dissolves. Put rice powder into a large bowl. While the sugar-water is still hot\, slowly stir it into the rice powder. Gather up the dough and knead until smooth. Roll do ugh into two 1 1/2-inch-thick logs. Cut each into 1 1/2-inch rounds. Using the palms of your hands\, roll one round into a ball. Flatten ball and place a 1/2 inch piece of bean pas te in the center. Fold dough over and roll into a smooth bal l to enclose the filling. Wet your hand and dip ball into se same seeds to coat the surface of the ball. Press lightly to help the seeds adhere. Set aside\, covered. Repeat with rem aining dough.\n\nHeat 3 inches of oil to 325 degrees. Carefu lly slip a few balls into hot oil and gently fry for 12 to 1 5 minutes. After the first 3 minutes\, gently squeeze balls every few minutes with a pair of wooden cooking chopsticks. This helps the balls to expand. Continue squeezing and turni ng balls until they are gold brown and feel full of air. Dra in on paper towels. Cool before serving.\n\nMakes 16 balls.\ n\n<\;H2>\;Yu Saang (Chinese New Year Raw Fish Salad)\nT he quality and freshness of the fish is crucial for the succ ess of the dish. Purchase the fish from a Japanese fish shop that specializes in sashimi\, or a reliable fishmonger. To facilitate the very fine shredding of the radish carrot\, us e a mandolin or the fine shredding disc of a food processor. \n\nIngredients\n\n1/2 pound fresh sashimi-grade tuna or str iped bass fillet (about a 6-inch by 2-inch piece)2 cups peel ed\, finely shredded Chinese white radish (daikon)2 cups pee led\, finely shredded carrot6 thin quarter-sized slices of f resh young ginger\, finely shredded1/3 cup finely shredded s weet preserved pickled ginger (see Note).1/4 cup finely shre dded pickled scallions (see Note).6 fresh or frozen kaffir l ime leaves\, finely shredded (Optional\, see Note).1 large r ed jalapeno chili\, seeded and finely shredded1/2 bunch gree n onions\, finely shredded1/2 bunch cilantro\, leaves only1/ 4 cup chopped peanutsToasted sesame seeds for garnish1 lime or lemon\, cut in half and seededCrisp fried shrimp chips or fried rice stick noodles\, for garnishMarinade Ingredients: \n\n1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil1/2 tablespoon Asian sesame oil (toasted sesame oil)1/4 teaspoon sugar1/4 teaspoon salt1 /8 teaspoon white pepper1/8 teaspoon five-spice powderJuice of 1 lemonPreparation:\n\nChill fish until firm. Cut into pa per-thin\, 2-inch long slices against the grain\; set aside. In separate bowls\, cover radishes and carrots with cold wa ter\; set aside until ready to assemble the salad. Then\, ri nse and squeeze out excess water.To assemble the salad\, tos s fish slices with marinade ingredients. Place fish in cente r of a platter. Arrange daikon and carrot shreds around fish . Scatter fresh and pickled ginger\, the pickled scallions\, lime leaves\, chilies\, green onions and cilantro over fish . Sprinkle with peanuts and sesame seeds.Just before serving \, squeeze the lime or lemon juice over all.It is customary for everyone to join in and toss the salad.Using chopsticks\ , each diner digs from the bottom of the salad and lifts the ingredients to mix together.When the salad is fully tossed\ , taste for seasoning. Adjust with sesame oil\, lime juice\, and some of the juices from the vegetables.Garnish with shr imp chips or fried rice stick noodles.Serves 4 to 6. \nJiaoz i\, or Chinese Boiled Dumplings\n\nNote: Ingredients taken f rom the Jeff Smith'\;s The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Anc ient Cuisines. Dumpling construction technique courtesy of M rs. Jen Y. Chong.\n\n\nmakes about 36 dumplings\n\n\nFor the Dough:2 1/2 C unsifted flour1/2 tsp. salt1 C boiling water1 Tbsp. lard\, cut up into little piecesMix the flour and sal t. Add the boiling water and stir with chopsticks. Add the l ard. Knead all and let rest on a plastic counter under a bow l for 20 minutes.\n\nTo make dumpling skins: Break off a pie ce of the dough the size of 1 teaspoon. Keep the rest of the dough under the bowl. Roll the dough into a ball and then r oll out into a 3-inch circle. You may need extra flour for t his. Or\, use a tortilla press that has been very lightly oi led with peanut oil on a paper towel. This gets you going an d the rest of the rolling is easy. To store skins until use\ , dust each skin lightly with flour and stack on top of one another.\n\nIf you are pressed for time\, you may want to pu rchase a package of pre-made dumpling skins (the round ones) from any Asian supermarket. Don'\;t buy the square ones- -those are for won-tons!\;\n\n\nFor the Filling:\n1 cup f inely chopped Napa cabbage1 lb. lean ground pork2 Tbsp. ligh t soy sauce2 Tbsp. dry sherry1 tsp. freshly grated ginger1/2 tsp. ground white pepper1 Tbsp. sesame oil1/2 tsp. MSG (opt ional)Pinch of sugar1 Tbsp. chopped green onion1 egg white1 Tbsp. cornstarch1 tsp. salt4 Tbsp. medium chopped bamboo sho ots or water chestnuts (optional)2 cloves garlic\, crushedSp rinkle salt on chopped cabbage and let sit in a colander for 30 min. Squeeze dry (either by hand or in a potato ricer) a nd place into bowl. Add all of the remaining ingredients and mix well. Also add a splash of chili paste\, to taste.\n\n& lt\;H3 align=center>\;Construction:<\;/H3>\;Place dump ling skin in the palm of your hand. Dip a finger in cold wat er and wet the edges of the dumpling skin.Spoon a lump of fi lling (approx. 1 Tbsp.) into the middle of the skin.Fold dum pling in half. Pinch top of semi-circle together.Push in on both sides of dumpling\, so that the dumpling should look li ke the letter "\;I"\; from the top.Bend one half of each "\;top"\; of the "\;I"\; and press agai nst middle edge of dumpling. Seal all edges of dumpling.Your dumpling should look like a half-moon with a big bulge in t he middle!\;To cook\, drop into a big pot of boiling wate r under they float to the surface. Reduce heat and simmer fo r 5 minutes.\n\n <\;/FONT>\;Chinese New Year Recipes Egg Drop Soup | Cake | Chinese Dumplings | \nSingapore Noodles| Mandarian Fried Rice | General Chicken /Chinese Sticky Cake (Nian Gao) Chinese New Year is just around the corner. This year Chinese New Year falls on 29 th January. People celebr ate this day in a variety of ways. Food is also one of the i mportant aspects of the Spring Festival i.e. the Chinese New Year. Many of the foods served at New Year have symbolic me anings. Some foods have a name\, which sounds the same as a character with a lucky meaning\, and for some foods their sh ape and color are emblems of words special to the Spring Fes tival such as happiness\, prosperity fortune or luck. \n\nWe have presented with a wide range of recipes for Chinese New Year for you to enjoy with your family and friends. \n\nEgg Drop Soup \n\nYou will Need: \n\n2 cans chicken broth or th e equivalent in vegetarian chicken flavored broth \n\n1 tabl espoon cornstarch1 well-beaten egg2 tablespoons sliced green onion\nMethod:\n1. In a saucepan\, stir chicken broth into cornstarch. Cook until slightly thickened.\n2. Pour in egg\, stirring gently. Remove from heat.\n3. Garnish with green o nion. Enjoy!\; \n\n\n\n\nChinese New Year Cakes \n\nYou w ill Need: \n\n1 and 1/2 cups flour1/4 cup sugar2 teaspoons b aking powder1/2 teaspoon salt2 eggs1/3 cup water or milk1 ta blespoon cooking oil2/3 cup sesame seedsCooking oil for deep fat fryingMethod: \n\n1. Combine first four dry ingredients .\n2. Mix together the eggs\, water or milk\, and the cookin g oil. Stir into flour mixture.\n3. Drop spoonfuls of batter into a bowl of sesame seeds. Coat on both sides. Let stand 15 minutes..\n4. Deep fry cakes until puffy and golden brown . Let drain on paper towel. Serve warm. Enjoy!\; \n\n\n\n \nChinese Dumplings Ingredients: \n\nFor the dough \n\n3 cup s all-purpose flour1 1/4 cup ice cold water (as needed)1/4 t easpoon saltFor the Filling \n\n1 cup ground pork or beef1 t ablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry1/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper\, or to taste3 tablespoons sesame oil1/2 green onion\, finely minced1 1/2 cup finely shredded Napa cabbage4 tablespoons s hredded bamboo shoots2 slices fresh ginger\, finely minced1 clove garlic\, peeled and finely mincedMethod: \n\n1. Stir t he salt into the flour. Slowly stir in the cold water\, addi ng as much as is necessary to form a smooth dough. Don'\; t add more water than is necessary. Knead the dough into a s mooth ball. Cover the dough and let it rest for at least 30 minutes. While the dough is resting\, prepare the filling in gredients. Add the soy sauce\, salt\, rice wine and white pe pper to the meat\, stirring in only one direction. Add the r emaining ingredients\, stirring in the same direction\, and mix well. \n\n2. To make the dumpling dough: knead the dough until it forms a smooth ball. \n\n3. Divide the dough into 60 pieces. Roll each piece out into a circle about 3-inches in diameter. Place a small portion (about 1 level tablespoon ) of the filling into the middle of each wrapper. Wet the ed ges of the dumpling with water. Fold the dough over the fill ing into a half moon shape and pinch the edges to seal. \n\n 4. Continue with the remainder of the dumplings. To cook\, b ring a large pot of water to a boil. Add half the dumplings\ , giving them a gentle stir so they don'\;t stick togethe r. Bring the water to a boil\, and add 1/2 cup of cold water . Cover and repeat. When the dumplings come to a boil for a third time\, they are ready. Drain and remove. If desired\, they can be pan-fried at this point. \n\n\n\n\nSingapore Noo dles Ingredients: \n\n\n\n1 pound thin rice noodles\, soaked in cold water for 2 hours\, and drained1 pound baby shrimps \, without shells\, deveined\, rinsed and drained1 skinless chicken breast\, 1/4-inch strips1/4 cup white wine2 tablespo ons thin soy sauce1 tablespoon cornstarch1/2 teaspoon ground white pepperCanola oil\, to cook1 tablespoon minced ginger1 /2 cup scallions batons\, 1-inch lengths1 tablespoon minced garlic1/2 pound bean sprout\, picked1 red bell pepper\, juli enned1 onion\, julienned2 eggs\, lightly scrambled2 tablespo ons Madras curry powderSalt and white pepper to tasteMethod: \nMarinate shrimp and sliced chicken together in soy sauce\, wine\, cornstarch and white pepper for 20 minutes. In a hot wok coated well with oil\, stir fry ginger\, scallions and garlic. Add marinated shrimp and chicken to oil and stir-fry quickly for 30 seconds to one minute. Remove shrimp and chi cken and set aside. Use same oil to stir fry bean sprouts\, peppers and onions. Season and cook for 1 minute and set asi de. Wipe out wok and coat well with oil. When oil is smoking hot\, add 2 beaten eggs and rotate the pan so as to quickly spread the eggs into a pancake shape. While the egg is stil l partially fluid\, add rice noodles to the wok. Stir and fo ld noodles and the eggs should be broken up into small piece s and dispersed uniformly. Continue to stir to avoid noodles from sticking to the pan. Add curry powder and check for se asoning. When noodles are steaming hot\, add back shrimp\, c hicken and vegetables to the noodles and continue to mix and stir until everything is steaming hot. \n\n\n\n\nMandarin F ried Rice It is recommended to use day-old rice so that the drier rice can soak up the flavors. \n\nIngredients: \n\nCan ola oil3 eggs2 tablespoons minced garlic2 tablespoons minced ginger1 bunch chopped scallions\, green and white separated 1 lapchang\, diced (Chinese sausage)\, can substitute with 4 strips of cooked bacon8 cups cooked\, day-old long grain ri ce3 tablespoons thin soy sauce1/2 teaspoon white pepperSalt to tasteMethod: \n\nIn a wok\, add 2 tablespoons of oil and quickly soft-scramble the eggs. Remove the eggs. In the same wok\, coat with oil and stir-fry garlic and ginger. Add whi te scallions and lapchang. Add rice and mix thoroughly. Add soy sauce\, white pepper and scrambled eggs. Check for seaso ning. Serve immediately. \n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Chicken Ingredi ents: \n\n1 lb. boneless\, skinless chicken\, cut in large c hunks1/3 C cornstarch1 small zucchini\, cut into chunks2 tsp . minced garlic1 tbsp. chopped green onion1/4 C chicken brot h1 tsp. oyster sauce1/4 tsp. hot pepper paste1 tbsp. soy sau ce1 tbsp. rice wine3 tbsp. rice vinegar1 1/2 tbsp. cornstarc h mixed with 1 1/2 tbsp. water1 tsp. sesame oilPreparation: \n\n\n\nCut the chicken and coat it with cornstarch. Set asi de (discard any extra cornstarch). Slice the zucchini on a s hallow diagonal about 1"\; wide. Roll the zuchhini halfw ay and slice the same way to form chunks that are shaped lik e trapezoids. Set aside.Combine garlic and green onion in a small dish. Combine broth\, oyster sauce\, soy sauce\, hot p epper sauce\, wine\, and vinegar in a small bowl. In another dish or small glass\, mix cornstarch with water. Place a me tal strainer in a large receptacle (not plastic) in the kitc hen sink.Heat wok over high heat for two to three minutes. A dd vegetable oil\; heat until VERY hot. Add chicken\; stir t o break it up. Fry until golden brown - the color of fried c hicken. Transfer chicken to strainer.Place empty wok back on high heat for 30 seconds. Add garlic mixture and fry for se veral seconds. Add zucchini and toss a minute over high heat . Add sauce mixture and bring to a boil. Add cornstarch and boil until thickened. Add chicken and sesame oil and heat th rough. Serve with hot steamed rice. Serves 4 to 8 as part of a larger meal. Chinese Sticky Cake (Nian Gao) Number of Ser vings: 16Prep Time: 1 hourSkill Level: EasyIngredients 3/4 c up water\n1/2 cup brown sugar\n1 1/4 cups glutinous rice flo ur\n1 egg\n2 tablespoons milk\n1/2 cup chopped dates (presev ed plums\, jujubes or candied orange peel can be used instea d)\nInstructions: \n\n1. In a small pan\, boil water.\n2. In a mixing bowl\, add brown sugar and stir in boiling water t o make a syrup. Let cool.\n3. Add flour\, egg and milk and s tir to blend.\n4. Knead the dough until smooth\, then mix in chopped sweets.\n5. Pour batter into a lightly greased 7&qu ot\; shallow cake pan.\n6. Steam for about 45 minutes\, or u ntil edges move away from the pan.\n7. Let cool before unmol ding. Serve in thin slices. \n\nHelpful Hints: This steamed fruit cake is a favorite for Chinese New Year. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20070217T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chocolate Marijuana Shop Busted DTSTAMP:20110211T101121Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:36227d84d20aa0417433a5a8ae83988b@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Chocolate mixture marijuana for sale in Chiang Mai http://0. gravatar.co...523536?s=26&\;r=G Posted by ja_cmnews on &# 3585\;.พ\;. 10th\, 2011 and filed under ข\;่\ ;า\;ว\;อ\;อ\;น\;ไ\;ล\; 609\;์\; . Posted by. Ja_cmnews. on February 10th\, 201 1 and filed under. 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Both comments and Pings are currently closed. \n\n ต\;ำ\;ร\;ว\;ŧ 2\; ต\;ร\;ว\;จ\;ค\;น\;เ\; ข\;้\;า\;เ\;ม\;ื\;อ\;# 91\;เ\;ช\;ี\;ย\;ง\;ใ\;ห\; ม\;่\;โ\;ช\;ว\;์\;ผ\;$ 21\;ง\;า\;น\;เ\;จ\;๋\;ง\; Police Immigration city showcases cool บ\;ุ\;# 85\;เ\;ข\;้\;า\;ท\;ล\;า\; ย\;แ\;ห\;ล\;่\;ง\;ผ\;$ 21\;ิ\;ต\; Raid erosion origin. ก\;ั\;&# 3597\;ช\;า\;ล\;ู\;ก\;อ\;ม \;ช\;็\;อ\;ค\;โ\;ก\;แ\;&# 3621\;ต\; Cannabis chocolate candy. ห\;ร\; 639\;อ\;ล\;ู\;ก\;อ\;ม\;ก\ ;า\;ล\;ะ\;แ\;ม\;ร\;์\; Or caramel candy'\;s. ผ\;ล\;ิ\;ต\;ŭ 0\;ด\;ย\;ช\;า\;ว\;ส\;ห\;& #3619\;ั\;ฐ\;อ\;เ\;ม\;ร\;ū 6\;ก\;า\; Produced by U.S. residents. ต\;$ 35\;ร\;ว\;จ\;ต\;ร\;ว\;จ\; ค\;น\;เ\;ข\;้\;า\;เ\;$ 17\;ื\;อ\;ง\; Immigration Police. ส\; 639\;บ\;ม\;า\;น\;า\;น\;จ\ ;น\;ก\;ร\;ะ\;ท\;ั\;่\; 591\;จ\;ั\;บ\;ก\;ุ\;ม\;ไ\ ;ด\;้\; Successor has been arrested till. ส\; ่\;ง\;ด\;ำ\;เ\;น\;ิ\;$ 09\;ค\;ด\;ี\;เ\;ม\;ื\;่\; อ\;เ\;ว\;ล\;า\; 16.30 น\;.$ 23\;ั\;น\;ท\;ี\;่\; 9 ก\;ũ 4\;. 54 ผ\;ู\;้\;ส\;ื\;่\;$ 29\;ข\;่\;า\;ว\;ร\;า\;ย\; ง\;า\;น\;ว\;่\;า\; Send a liti gation time 16:30 am on Feb. 9. 54 journalists reported.  648\;จ\;้\;า\;ห\;น\;้\;า\ ;ท\;ี\;่\;ต\;ำ\;ร\;ว\; 592\; ต\;ม\;.เ\;ช\;ี\;ย\;ŧ 1\;ใ\;ห\;ม\;่\; น\;ำ\;โ\; ด\;ย\; พ\;.ต\;.อ\;.พ\;ิ\; ช\;ญ\;า\; บ\;ุ\;ญ\;ข\; 592\;ร\; ผ\;ก\;ก\;.ต\;ม\;.# 92\;.เ\;ช\;ี\;ย\;ง\;ใ\;ห\ ;ม\;่\; พ\;.ต\;.ท\;.อ\;ุ\ ;ด\;ม\; ส\;ุ\;ว\;ร\;ร\;&# 3603\;เ\;ล\;ข\;า\; ส\;ว\;.# 91\;า\;น\;ส\;ื\;บ\;ส\;ว\; น\; ต\;ม\;.จ\;.เ\;ช\;ี\;& #3618\;ง\;ใ\;ห\;ม\;่\; พ\;$ 19\;้\;อ\;ม\;ก\;ั\;บ\;พ\; ว\;ก\; ไ\;ด\;้\;น\;ำ\; 627\;ม\;า\;ย\;ค\;้\;น\;จ\ ;า\;ก\;ศ\;า\;ล\;จ\;ั\; 591\;ห\;ว\;ั\;ด\;เ\;ช\;ี\ ;ย\;ง\;ใ\;ห\;ม\;่\;เ\; 621\;ข\;ท\;ี\;่\; ค\; 162/2554 $ 21\;ง\;ว\;ั\;น\;ท\;ี\;่\; 9 ก\;พ\;. 54 เ\;ข\;้\;า\;$ 07\;ำ\;ก\;า\;ร\; Immigration police. Chi ang Mai police colonel\, led by Pitchaya Mai Bun pervading & #3612\;uu.eam.h. secretary Col Suwan rich light. Eam.h. Mai investigation with them. a search warrant from the Chiang Ma i Provincial Court No. C 162/2554 dated Feb. 9. 54 to make. \nต\;ร\;ว\;จ\;ค\;้\;น\; & #3619\;้\;า\;น\;อ\;า\;ห\;ū 4\;ร\; ช\;ื\;่\;อ\; SPunKy'\; S เ\;ล\;ข\;ท\;ี\;่\; 63/3 ถ \;.ช\;้\;า\;ง\;ม\;่\;อ\;& #3618\;เ\;ก\;่\;า\; ต\;.ช\; 657\;า\;ง\;ม\;่\;อ\;ย\; อ \;.เ\;ม\;ื\;อ\;ง\;เ\;ช\;& #3637\;ย\;ง\;ใ\;ห\;ม\;่\; Rest aurant name search SPunKy '\;S No. 63 / 3 Chang Moi Kao R oad\, T. Chang Moi A. Muang Chiang Mai เ\;น\;ū 9\;่\;อ\;ง\;จ\;า\;ก\;ท\;& #3634\;ง\;ต\;ำ\;ร\;ว\;จ\; $ 05\;ม\; .เ\;ช\;ี\;ย\;ง\;ใ \;ห\;ม\;่\;ไ\;ด\;้\;ส\;&# 3639\;บ\;ท\;ร\;า\;บ\;ม\;า \;ว\;่\;า\; Because the police grief successo r\, Chiang Mai has heard that. ร\;้\;า\;Ũ 9\;ด\;ั\;ง\;ก\;ล\;่\;า\;& #3623\;ไ\;ด\;้\;ม\;ี\;ก\;ū 4\;ร\;ผ\;ล\;ิ\;ต\;ล\;ู\;& #3585\;อ\;ม\;ช\;็\;อ\;ค\;ŭ 0\;ก\;แ\;ล\;็\;ต\; The shop has bee n producing chocolate candies. ห\;ร\;ื\;Ū 9\;ล\;ู\;ก\;อ\;ม\;ก\;า\;& #3621\;ะ\;แ\;ม\;ร\;์\; Or caramel c andy'\;s. ซ\;ึ\;่\;ง\;ม\;ี\ ;ร\;ส\;่\;ว\;น\;ผ\;ส\; 617\;ข\;อ\;ง\;ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช\ ;า\; Associated with a mixture of marijuana เ\; 611\;็\;น\;ย\;า\;เ\;ส\;พ\ ;ต\;ิ\;ด\;ป\;ร\;ะ\;เ\; 616\;ท\; 5 ว\;ั\;ส\;ด\;ุ\;$ 07\;ี\;่\;ม\;ี\;ส\;่\;ว\; น\;ผ\;ส\;ม\;ก\;ั\;ญ\;# 94\;า\;น\;ั\;ก\;ท\;่\;อ\; ง\;เ\;ท\;ี\;่\;ย\;ว\;$ 51\;ช\;้\;ท\;า\;บ\;ุ\;ห\; ร\;ี\;่\;เ\;พ\;ื\;่\;$ 29\;ส\;ู\;บ\;แ\;ล\;ะ\;ใ\; ช\;้\;อ\;ม\;ท\;ำ\;ใ\;$ 27\;้\;เ\;ก\;ิ\;ด\;อ\;า\; ก\;า\;ร\;ม\;ี\;น\;เ\;$ 17\;า\; Category 5 is the drug material containing mari juana cigarettes to smoke Apply tourists and the environment cause the mouse. โ\;ด\;ย\;ก\;ำ\;&# 3621\;ั\;ง\;เ\;จ\;้\;า\;ห \;น\;้\;า\;ท\;ี\;่\;ไ\;&# 3604\;้\;เ\;ข\;้\;า\;ไ\;ป \;ใ\;น\;ร\;้\;า\;น\;ด\;&# 3633\;ง\;ก\;ล\;่\;า\;ว\;แ \;ล\;ะ\;พ\;บ\;ก\;ั\;บ\; M R.HOGOUE ROBERT WAYNE ส\;ั\;ญ\;ช\;า \;ต\;ิ\;อ\;เ\;ม\;ร\;ิ\;&# 3585\;ั\;น\; อ\;า\;ย\;ุ\; 48 & #3611\;ี\; แ\;ล\;ะ\;น\;า\;# 91\;น\;า\;ต\;ย\;า\; ว\;ง\ ;ษ\;์\;แ\;ด\;ง\; ซ\;ึ\;&# 3656\;ง\;เ\;ป\;็\;น\;ภ\;ร \;ร\;ย\;า\;ค\;น\;ไ\;ท\;&# 3618\; The officers entered the shop is that and find MR.HOG OUE ROBERT WAYNE 48-year-old U.S. citizen\, and her red Nata ya Wong\, a Thai wife. ท\;า\;ง\;ต\;ū 5\;ร\;ว\;จ\;ไ\;ด\;้\;แ\;& #3626\;ด\;ง\;ห\;ม\;า\;ย\;Ŧ 8\;้\;น\;แ\;ล\;ะ\;เ\;ข\;& #3657\;า\;ต\;ร\;ว\;จ\;ค\;ŭ 7\;น\; The police have shown a search warrant and to se arch พ\;บ\;ว\;ั\;ส\;ด\;ุ\ ;ค\;ล\;้\;า\;ย\;ล\;ู\; 585\;อ\;ม\;ท\;ี\;่\;ม\;ี\ ;ส\;่\;ว\;น\;ผ\;ส\;ม\; 586\;อ\;ง\;ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช\;า\ ;จ\;ำ\;น\;ว\;น\; 100 ล\;ู \;ก\;ห\;่\;อ\;ถ\;ุ\;ง\;&# 3614\;ล\;า\;ส\;ต\;ิ\;ก\; Ŧ 8\;ล\;้\;า\;ย\;ล\;ู\;ก\;& #3629\;ม\;ก\;า\; Candy-like material was foun d to contain marijuana\, 100 plastic balls like candy bag ch eck. \nล\;ะ\;แ\;ม\;ร\;์\; $ 27\;ร\;ื\;อ\;ช\;็\;อ\;ค\; โ\;ก\;แ\;ล\;็\;ต\; น\; 657\;ำ\;ห\;น\;ั\;ก\; 1 ก\;# 85\;. ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช\;า\;อ\;ั \;ด\;แ\;ท\;่\;ง\;จ\;ำ\;&# 3609\;ว\;น\; 10 แ\;ท\;่\;ง\; & #3609\;้\;ำ\;ห\;น\;ั\;ก\; 10 & #3585\;ก\;. ย\;า\;ง\;ก\;ั\; 597\;ช\;า\;ส\;ี\;ด\;ำ\;ร\ ;ว\;ม\;น\;้\;ำ\;ห\;น\; 633\;ก\; 5 ก\;.ก\;. น\;้\;ำ\;& #3629\;้\;อ\;ย\;ผ\;ส\;ม\;Ũ 9\;้\;ำ\;ต\;า\;ล\;เ\;ค\;& #3637\;้\;ย\;ว\;แ\;ล\;้\;Ū 3\;จ\;ำ\;น\;ว\;น\; 1 ข\;ว \;ด\; ร\;ว\;ม\;ท\;ั\;้\;& #3591\;ส\;า\;ร\;เ\;ค\;ม\;ū 7\;ใ\;น\;ก\;า\;ร\;ผ\;ส\;& #3617\;ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช\;า\;ก\;ū 3\;บ\;น\;้\;ำ\;อ\;้\;อ\;& #3618\;ด\;ั\;ง\;ก\;ล\;่\;ū 4\;ว\;จ\;ำ\;น\;ว\;น\;ห\;& #3609\;ึ\;่\;ง\; Lamae'\;s chocolates or a weight of 10 kg cannabis packed bar bar weight of 10 kg can nabis black rubber Total weight 5 kg sugar cane juice and th en chew a bottle of chemicals\, including marijuana mixed wi th molasses The number one อ\;ุ\;ป\;ก\;& #3619\;ณ\;์\;ก\;า\;ร\;ผ\;Ū 6\;ม\; Mixing equipment. ถ\;ุ\;ง\;ส \;ำ\;ห\;ร\;ั\;บ\;ใ\;ส\;&# 3656\;ล\;ู\;ก\;อ\;ม\; Add bag for c andy. เ\;พ\;ื\;่\;อ\;แ\;บ \;่\;ง\;จ\;ำ\;ห\;น\;่\;&# 3634\;ย\; To divide the sale. เ\;ง\;ิ\;& #3609\;ล\;่\;อ\;ซ\;ื\;้\;Ū 9\;จ\;ำ\;น\;ว\;น\; 920บ\;ū 4\;ท\; จ\;า\;ก\;ก\;า\;ร\; ส\;อ\;บ\;ส\;ว\;น\; MR.HOGOUE R OBERT WAYNE ผ\;ู\;้\;ต\;้\;อ\; ง\;ห\;า\;ไ\;ด\;้\;ใ\;$ 27\;้\;ก\;า\;ร\;ว\;่\;า\; Lure money from the purchase of 920 baht investigation MR.H OGOUE ROBERT WAYNE CHARGED provides that น\;ำ\; 629\;้\;อ\;ย\;ท\;ี\;่\;ผ\ ;ส\;ม\;ก\;ั\;บ\;น\;้\; 635\;ต\;า\;ล\;น\;ั\;้\;น\ ; The cane sugar mixed with it. ต\;น\;ไ\;$ 11\;ซ\;ื\;้\;อ\;ม\;า\;จ\; า\;ก\;ต\;ล\;า\;ด\; They bought from the market. เ\;พ\;ื\;่\;อ\;&# 3609\;ำ\;ม\;า\;ผ\;ส\;ม\;ก \;ั\;บ\;ว\;ั\;ส\;ด\;ุ\;&# 3595\;ึ\;่\;ง\;ต\;น\;ไ\;ม \;่\;ร\;ู\;้\;ว\;่\;า\;&# 3648\;ป\;็\;น\;ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช \;า\; แ\;ล\;ะ\;ย\;า\;ง\;& #3585\;ั\;ญ\;ช\;า\; ท\;ำ\;$ 48\;ป\;็\;น\;ช\;็\;อ\;ค\; โ\;ก\;แ\;ล\;ต\; To be mixed with ma terial that he did not know that marijuana is marijuana made of rubber and chocolate. แ\;บ\;่\;ง\;&# 3586\;า\;ย\;เ\;ป\;็\;น\;ล \;ั\;ก\;ษ\;ณ\;ะ\;ล\;ู\;&# 3585\;อ\;ม\; อ\;ั\;น\;ล\;ū 2\; 50 บ\;า\;ท\; เ\;พ\;ื\;$ 56\;อ\;บ\;ร\;ิ\;ก\;า\;ร\; น\;ั\;ก\;ท\;่\;อ\;ง\;$ 48\;ท\;ี\;่\;ย\;ว\;ท\;ี\; ่\;ม\;า\;ใ\;ช\;้\;บ\;$ 19\;ิ\;ก\;า\;ร\;ท\;ี\;่\; ร\;้\;า\;น\;ข\;อ\;ง\;$ 05\;น\;ก\;ั\;บ\;ภ\;ร\;ร\; ย\;า\; Candy sales division is characterized by a 50 baht for tourists who come to the shop with his wife.  649\;ล\;ะ\;ย\;ั\;ง\;ไ\;ด\ ;้\;ท\;ำ\;ล\;ู\;ก\;แ\; 610\;บ\;ท\;ี\;่\;ไ\;ม\;่\ ;ต\;้\;อ\;ง\;อ\;ม\;แ\; 605\;่\;น\;ำ\;ไ\;ป\;ท\;า\ ;ก\;ั\;บ\;บ\;ุ\;ห\;ร\; 637\;่\;เ\;พ\;ื\;่\;อ\;ส\ ;ู\;ญ\;อ\;อ\;ก\;ม\;า\; 619\;า\;ร\;า\;ค\;า\; 500 บ\;&# 3634\;ท\; ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช\;า\;Ũ 9\;ั\;้\;น\;ไ\;ม\;่\;ใ\;& #3594\;่\;ข\;อ\;ง\;ต\;น\; We a lso do not have a child with lead paint and tobacco\, but lo st out to 500 baht marijuana mold is not their own. แ\; ต\;่\;น\;้\;ำ\;อ\;้\;$ 29\;ย\;แ\;ล\;ะ\;อ\;ุ\;ป\; ก\;ร\;ณ\;์\;ต\;่\;า\;# 91\; ๆ\; น\;ั\;้\;น\;ข\;อ \;ง\;ต\;น\; ส\;ำ\;ห\;ร\;& #3633\;บ\;ต\;น\;น\;ั\;้\;Ũ 9\;เ\;ม\;ื\;่\;อ\;ก\;่\;& #3629\;น\;เ\;ค\;ย\;ท\;ำ\;ŧ 1\;า\;น\;ก\;ั\;บ\;ห\;น\;& #3656\;ว\;ย\; However\, sugar cane and other devic es that are on their own for their first worked with the uni t. \nง\;า\;น\;ผ\;ล\;ิ\;ต\ ;ส\;ั\;ญ\;ญ\;า\;ณ\;น\; 635\;ร\;่\;อ\;ง\;น\;ำ\;ว\ ;ิ\;ถ\;ี\;อ\;า\;ว\;ุ\; 608\;ส\;ง\;ค\;ร\;า\;ม\;ต\ ;่\;า\;ง\; ๆ\; ท\;ี\;่\;& #3626\;ห\;ร\;ั\;ฐ\;อ\;เ\;ũ 7\;ร\;ิ\;ก\;า\; เ\;ป\;็\; น\;ล\;ู\;ก\;จ\;้\;า\;# 91\; แ\;ล\;ะ\;ไ\;ด\;้\;อ\ ;อ\;ก\;ม\;า\;น\;า\;น\; 649\;ล\;้\;ว\;แ\;ล\;ะ\;ม\ ;า\;ไ\;ด\;้\;ภ\;ร\;ร\; 618\;า\;ค\;น\;ไ\;ท\;ย\;แ\ ;ล\;ะ\;ไ\;ด\;้\;เ\;ป\; 636\;ด\;ธ\;ุ\;ร\;ก\;ิ\;จ\ ;ส\;ถ\;า\;น\;บ\;ั\;น\; 648\;ท\;ิ\;ง\; แ\;ล\;ะ\;ม \;า\;ท\;ำ\;ล\;ู\;ก\;อ\;&# 3617\; เ\;พ\;ื\;่\;อ\;บ\;ũ 9\;ิ\;ก\;า\;ร\;ล\;ู\;ก\;& #3588\;้\;า\;ด\;ั\;ง\;ก\;Ū 1\;่\;า\;ว\;ท\;า\;ง\;ด\;& #3657\;า\;น\; พ\;.ต\;.ท\;.อ\;& #3640\;ด\;ม\; ส\;ว\;ร\;ร\;$ 03\;เ\;ล\;ข\;า\; ส\;ว\;.ง \;า\;น\;ส\;ื\;บ\;ส\;ว\;&# 3609\; ต\;ม\;.ภ\;.จ\;.เ\;ช\;&# 3637\;ย\;ง\;ใ\;ห\;ม\;่\;ไ \;ด\;้\;เ\;ป\;ิ\;ด\;เ\;&# 3612\;ย\;ว\;่\;า\;ไ\;ด\;้ \;ร\;ั\;บ\;แ\;จ\;้\;ง\;&# 3592\;า\;ก\;ส\;า\;ย\;ว\;่ \;า\; Production pilot signals the way different weapon s in the United States are employed and have come out long a go and come to a Thai wife and is open for business entertai nment and customer service to make candy for the rich divers ity of the rich. Wan light a secretary. Eam.p.h. Mai investi gation revealed that it has received notification from the l ine that ท\;ี\;่\;ร\;้\;า\; 609\;อ\;า\;ห\;า\;ร\;แ\;ห\ ;่\;ง\;น\;ี\;้\; ค\;ื\;&# 3629\;ร\;้\;า\;น\; SPunKy '\;S ซ \;ึ\;่\;ง\;ม\;ี\;น\;า\;&# 3618\;บ\;๊\;อ\;บ\; This restaurant is a restaurant SPunKy '\;S which Mr. Bob. เ\;ป\; 655\;น\;เ\;จ\;้\;า\;ข\;อ\ ;ง\;ร\;้\;า\;น\;แ\;ล\; 632\;ม\;ี\;ภ\;ร\;ร\;ย\;า\ ;เ\;ป\;็\;น\;ค\;น\;ไ\; 607\;ย\; Is the owner and his wife is Thai. ม\; 637\;บ\;้\;า\;น\;อ\;ย\;ู\ ;่\;ย\;่\;า\;น\;อ\;ำ\; 648\;ภ\;อ\;ส\;ั\;น\;ท\;ร\ ;า\;ย\;เ\;ช\;ี\;ย\;ง\; 651\;ห\;ม\;่\; House district in San Sai dist rict\, Chiang Mai ม\;ี\;ก\;า\;ร\;&# 3621\;ั\;ก\;ล\;อ\;บ\;ค\;้ \;า\;ย\;า\;เ\;ส\;พ\;ต\;&# 3636\;ด\;ใ\;ห\;้\;ก\;ั\;บ \;ก\;ล\;ุ\;่\;ม\;ล\;ู\;&# 3585\;ค\;้\;า\;น\;ั\;ก\;ท \;่\;อ\;ง\;เ\;ท\;ี\;่\;&# 3618\;ว\;ช\;า\;ว\;ต\;่\;า \;ง\;ช\;า\;ต\;ิ\; The trafficking o f drugs to the Customer foreign tourists. อ\;้\;&# 3634\;ง\;ก\;ั\;บ\;ช\;า\;ว \;ต\;่\;า\;ง\;ช\;า\;ต\;&# 3636\;เ\;ส\;ม\;อ\; ๆ\; ว\;$ 56\;า\; ร\;ู\;้\;จ\;ั\;ก\ ;ก\;ั\;บ\;ต\;ำ\;ร\;ว\; 592\;ช\;ั\;้\;น\;ผ\;ู\;้\ ;ใ\;ห\;ญ\;่\; Refer to foreigners with t he police always know that the senior ท\;า\;ง \;ผ\;ู\;้\;บ\;ั\;ง\;ค\;&# 3633\;บ\;บ\;ั\;ญ\;ช\;า\;ส \;ำ\;น\;ั\;ก\;ง\;า\;น\;&# 3605\;ร\;ว\;จ\;ค\;น\;เ\;ข \;้\;า\;เ\;ม\;ื\;อ\;ง\; O f Supervisors Office of Immigration. แ\;ล\;ะ\ ;ก\;อ\;ง\;บ\;ั\;ง\;ค\; 633\;บ\;ก\;า\;ร\;ต\;ร\;ว\ ;จ\;ค\;น\;เ\;ข\;้\;า\; 648\;ม\;ื\;อ\;ง\; 5 โ\;ด\;$ 18\; พ\;.ต\;.อ\;.บ\;ั\;ณ\;$ 01\;ิ\;ต\; ต\;ุ\;ง\;ค\;ะ\ ;เ\;ศ\;ร\;ณ\;ี\; And the Immigratio n Division 5 by police colonel Tung Graduate in. Serani. \n& #3619\;อ\;ง\; ผ\;บ\;ก\;.ต\; 617\;. 5 จ\;ึ\;ง\;ไ\;ด\;้\; 626\;ั\;่\;ง\;ก\;า\;ร\;ใ\ ;ห\;้\;ท\;า\;ง\; พ\;.ต\;. อ\;.พ\;ิ\;ช\;ญ\;า\; บ\;&# 3640\;ญ\;ข\;จ\;ร\; ผ\;ก\;Ŧ 5\;.ต\;ม\;.ภ\;.จ\;.เ\;ช\;ū 7\;ย\;ง\;ใ\;ห\;ม\;่\; แ\; ล\;ะ\;ต\;น\; ใ\;ห\;้\; 626\;ื\;บ\;ส\;ว\;น\; Vice ผ\;b u.eam. 5 has the order of merit police colonel Pitchaya perv ading ผ\;uu.eam.p.h. to Chiang Mai and its investigatio n. \nจ\;ั\;บ\;ก\;ุ\;ม\;แ\ ;ล\;ะ\;เ\;ฝ\;้\;า\;ต\; 636\;ด\;ต\;า\;ม\;พ\;ฤ\;ต\ ;ิ\;ก\;า\;ร\;ณ\;์\;ข\; 629\;ง\;น\;า\;ย\;บ\;๊\;อ\ ;บ\;เ\;จ\;้\;า\;ข\;อ\; 591\;ร\;้\;า\;น\; SPunKy'\;S จ\; น\;ท\;ร\;า\;บ\;ว\;่\;$ 34\;ม\;ี\;ก\;า\;ร\;จ\;ำ\; ห\;น\;่\;า\;ย\;ว\;ั\;$ 26\;ด\;ุ\; Arrest and monitoring the circumstances of Mr. Bob SPunKy'\;S owner and know that the materials available. \nค\;ล\;้\;า\;ย\;ล\ ;ู\;ก\;อ\;ม\;ช\;็\;อ\; 588\;โ\;ก\;แ\;ล\;ต\; Like chocolate candy. จ\;ึ\;ง\;ไ\;ด\;้\;$ 51\;ห\;้\;ส\;า\;ย\;ล\;่\; อ\;ซ\;ื\;้\;อ\; เ\;ม\; 639\;่\;อ\;ว\;ั\;น\;ท\;ี\ ;่\; 6 ม\;ค\; 54 ท\;ี\;่\;$ 12\;่\;า\;น\;ม\;า\; แ\;ล\ ;ะ\;เ\;ม\;ื\;่\;อ\;ไ\; 604\;้\;ม\;า\;แ\;ล\;้\;ว\ ;ก\;็\; Temptation has been to buy on line 6 throu gh 54 ventures\, and then when they come. \nไ\;ด\; ้\;ส\;่\;ง\;ล\;ู\;ก\;$ 29\;ม\;ด\;ั\;ง\;ก\;ล\;่\; า\;ว\;ใ\;ห\;้\;ศ\;ู\;$ 09\;ย\;์\;ว\;ิ\;ท\;ย\;า\; ศ\;า\;ส\;ต\;ร\;์\;ก\;$ 34\;ร\;แ\;พ\;ท\;ย\;์\;จ\; ั\;ง\;ห\;ว\;ั\;ด\;เ\;# 94\;ี\;ย\;ง\;ใ\;ห\;ม\;่\; เ\;พ\;ื\;่\;อ\;พ\;ิ\; 626\;ู\;จ\;น\;์\; ผ\;ล\;ก \;า\;ร\;ต\;ร\;ว\;จ\; ป\;& #3619\;า\;ก\;ฏ\;ว\;่\;า\; Cand y has been sent to the Center of Medical Sciences\, Chiang M ai\, to prove the test results show that \nล\;ู\;& #3585\;อ\;ม\;ด\;ั\;ง\;ก\;Ū 1\;่\;า\;ว\;ม\;ี\;ส\;่\;& #3623\;น\;ผ\;ส\;ม\;ข\;อ\;ŧ 1\;ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช\;า\; The candy contai ning hemp ซ\;ึ\;่\;ง\;เ\;ป\;&# 3655\;น\;ย\;า\;เ\;ส\;พ\;ต \;ิ\;ด\;ป\;ร\;ะ\;เ\;ภ\;&# 3607\; 5 ว\;ั\;ส\;ด\;ุ\;ท\; 637\;่\;ม\;ี\;ส\;่\;ว\;น\ ;ผ\;ส\;ม\;ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช\; 634\;น\;ั\;ก\;ท\;่\;อ\;ง\ ;เ\;ท\;ี\;่\;ย\;ว\; The drug t ype 5 material containing cannabis tourists. \nใ\;ŧ 4\;้\;ท\;า\;บ\;ุ\;ห\;ร\;& #3637\;่\;แ\;ล\;ะ\;ใ\;ช\;ŭ 7\;อ\;ม\;ท\;ำ\;ใ\;ห\;้\;& #3648\;ก\;ิ\;ด\;อ\;า\;ก\;ū 4\;ร\;ม\;ึ\;น\;เ\;ม\;า\; Apply with cigarettes and alcohol cause. เ\;ม\; 639\;่\;อ\;ท\;ร\;า\;บ\;ผ\ ;ล\;แ\;ล\;้\;ว\;ท\;า\; 591\;เ\;ร\;า\;จ\;ึ\;ง\;ไ\ ;ด\;้\;ไ\;ป\;ข\;อ\;ห\; 617\;า\;ย\;ค\;้\;น\;แ\;ล\ ;ะ\;เ\;ข\;้\;า\;จ\;ั\; 610\; When the result and we therefore have to seek a search warrant and to hold. \nก\;ุ\;ม\;ต\;$ 33\;ว\;ผ\;ู\;้\;ต\;้\;อ\; ง\;ห\;า\;พ\;ร\;้\;อ\;$ 17\;ก\;ั\;บ\;ย\;ึ\;ด\;ข\; อ\;ง\;ก\;ล\;า\;ง\;ไ\;$ 04\;้\;ด\;ั\;ง\;ก\;ล\;่\; า\;ว\; Hold the suspects and the seizure of the Ce ntral. \nส\;ำ\;ห\;ร\;ั\;บ\; 612\;ู\;้\;ต\;้\;อ\;ง\;ห\ ;า\;น\;ั\;้\;น\;ไ\;ด\; 657\;พ\;ย\;า\;ย\;า\;ม\;ป\ ;ฏ\;ิ\;เ\;ส\;ธ\;ว\;่\; 634\;ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช\;า\;ไ\;ม\ ;่\;ใ\;ช\;่\;ข\;อ\;ง\; 605\;น\;เ\;อ\;ง\;เ\;ป\;็\ ;น\;ข\;อ\;ง\;ค\;น\;อ\; 639\;่\;น\; ส\;่\;ว\;น\;ผ \;ส\;ม\;ต\;่\;า\;ง\; ๆ\; อ\;ุ\;ป\;ก\;ร\;ณ\;์\; For the defendants have tried to deny that marijuana is not his own mix of various other devices. \nน\;ั\;้\ ;น\;ผ\;ู\;้\;ต\;้\;อ\; 591\;ห\;า\;ย\;อ\;ม\;ร\;ั\ ;บ\;แ\;ล\;ะ\;ย\;อ\;ม\; 619\;ั\;บ\;ว\;่\;า\;เ\;ป\ ;็\;น\;ผ\;ู\;้\;ผ\;ล\; 636\;ต\;ล\;ู\;ก\;อ\;ม\;ด\ ;ั\;ง\;ก\;ล\;่\;า\;ว\; &# 3592\;ร\;ิ\;ง\; ส\;่\;ว\;Ũ 9\;ท\;ี\;่\;ผ\;ู\;้\;ต\;& #3657\;อ\;ง\;ห\;า\;อ\;้\;ū 4\;ง\;ว\;่\;า\;เ\;ค\;ย\;& #3607\;ำ\;ง\;า\;น\;อ\;ย\;Ŭ 1\;่\;ก\;ั\;บ\; That the accused accepte d and recognized as the actual manufacturer of candy the acc used claimed that he worked with. \nห\;น\;่\; ว\;ย\;ผ\;ล\;ิ\;ต\;อ\;$ 34\;ว\;ุ\;ธ\;เ\;ก\;ี\;่\; ย\;ว\;ก\;ั\;บ\; Production units wi th weapons. พ\;ว\;ก\;ว\;ิ\;ถ\; ี\;น\;ำ\;ร\;่\;อ\;ง\;# 86\;อ\;ง\;อ\;า\;ว\;ุ\;ธ\; ส\;ง\;ค\;ร\;า\;ม\; They way th e pilot of the weapons of war. ร\;ว\;ม\;Ũ 7\;ั\;้\;ง\;ก\;า\;ร\;ผ\;& #3621\;ิ\;ต\;อ\;า\;ว\;ุ\;Ũ 8\;ท\;ี\;่\;ป\;ร\;ะ\;เ\;& #3607\;ศ\;ส\;ห\;ร\;ั\;ฐ\;Ū 9\;เ\;ม\;ร\;ิ\;ก\;า\; Manufact ure of weapons the United States. \nน\;ั\;้\; น\;เ\;ป\;็\;น\;ค\;ำ\;$ 14\;ู\;ด\;ท\;ี\;่\;ผ\;ู\; ้\;ต\;้\;อ\;ง\;ห\;า\;$ 14\;ู\;ด\;เ\;พ\;ื\;่\;อ\; ก\;ล\;บ\;เ\;ก\;ล\;ื\;$ 56\;อ\;น\;ค\;ว\;า\;ม\;ผ\; ิ\;ด\;แ\;ล\;ะ\;พ\;ย\;$ 34\;ย\;า\;ม\;จ\;ะ\;เ\;บ\; ี\;่\;ย\;ง\;เ\;บ\;น\;# 88\;น\;ส\;น\;ใ\;จ\; อ\;ย\ ;่\;า\;ง\;ไ\;ร\;ก\;็\; 605\;า\;ม\; Saying that the accused is said to cov er their mistakes and try to deviate a lot better\, however. \nท\;า\;ง\;เ\;ร\;า\;ไ\;& #3604\;้\;แ\;จ\;้\;ง\;ข\;ŭ 7\;อ\;ห\;า\; We requested charges. ร\;&# 3656\;ว\;ม\;ก\;ั\;น\;ม\;ี \;ย\;า\;เ\;ส\;พ\;ต\;ิ\;&# 3604\;ป\;ร\;ะ\;เ\;ภ\;ท\; 5  627\;ร\;ื\;อ\;ก\;ั\;ญ\;ช\ ;า\;ไ\;ว\;้\;ใ\;น\;ค\; 623\;า\;ม\;ค\;ร\;อ\;บ\;ค\ ;ร\;อ\;ง\;เ\;พ\;ื\;่\; 629\;จ\;ำ\;ห\;น\;่\;า\;ย\ ;โ\;ด\;ย\; Together with five types of drugs or marijuana in their possession for sale by \nผ\;ū 6\;ด\;ก\;ฏ\;ห\;ม\;า\;ย\; น\;ำ\;ต\;ั\;ว\;ผ\;ู\;$ 57\;ต\;้\;อ\;ง\;ห\;า\;ส\; ่\;ง\;พ\;น\;ั\;ก\;ง\;$ 34\;น\;ส\;อ\;บ\;ส\;ว\;น\; Illegal to send the accused officers. ส\;ภ\;.$ 48\;ม\;ื\;อ\;ง\;เ\;ช\;ี\; ย\;ง\;ใ\;ห\;ม\;่\;ด\;$ 35\;เ\;น\;ิ\;น\;ค\;ด\;ี\; ก\;ั\;น\;ต\;่\;อ\;ไ\;$ 11\; แ\;ล\;ะ\;ท\;ำ\;เ\;ร\ ;ื\;่\;อ\;ง\; Police Station. Prosecuted due to the city and do something. \nด\;ำ\;เ\ ;น\;ิ\;น\;ก\;า\;ร\;เ\; 614\;ิ\;ก\;ถ\;อ\;น\;ก\;า\ ;ร\;อ\;ย\;ู\;่\;ใ\;น\; 619\;า\;ช\;อ\;า\;ณ\;า\;จ\ ;ั\;ก\;ร\;แ\;ล\;ะ\;ข\; 629\;ข\;ึ\;้\;น\;บ\;ั\;ญ\ ;ช\;ี\;เ\;ป\;็\;น\;บ\; 640\;ค\;ค\;ล\;ต\;้\;อ\;ง\ ;ห\;้\;า\;ม\; ต\;า\;ม\; & #3614\;.ร\;.บ\;.ค\;น\;เ\;ข\;&# 3657\;า\; The revocation of the permit and apply for a personal account banned to people under Act. \nเ\;ũ 7\;ื\;อ\;ง\; พ\;.ศ\;. 2522 ต\; ่\;อ\;ไ\;ป\;อ\;ี\;ก\;# 94\;ั\;้\;น\;ห\;น\;ึ\;่\; ง\; City Act 2522 to another layer. \n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20110210T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Khajuraho Dance Festival 2007 DTSTAMP:20070301T022412Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:7cbb2258b3e05ef9a59a3b0ed9d3b40b@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Khajuraho Dance Festival 2007Where the hand goes\, there the eyes should follow \nWhere the eyes are\, the mind should f ollow \nWhere the mind is\, there the expressio\;n shoul d be brought out \nWhere the expressio\;n is\, there the rasa or flavour will be experienced by the audience. \n\n- Lines from the Natyakram~ ~ ~ ~ ~Classical Indian dance retu rns to its roots - to the temples where it was conceptualise d\, defined and immortalised in stone. The exquisite 1000 ye ar-old temples of Khajuraho serve as the idyllic backdrop to an art genre with an equally impressive pedigree.As dusk gi ves way to the night'\;s darkness\, lamps bathe the templ es in a surreal golden glow creating the perfect ambience fo r the past to juxtapose with the present. The mellifluous st rains of the flute and the tanpura set the mood\; the mridan gam and the tabla beat out the rhythms echoed by the ghungro o of the dancer and time stops. Sculpted dancer come to life ? Nimble footwork arrested in mid step? A dancer captured in stone or just a moment out of time? Find out for yourself. Travel to the plains of Central India\, to the temple town o f Khajuraho. The weeklong Khajuraho Dance Festival features the finest young talents of Indian classical dance and prese nts a rare opportunity to see the maestros and grand dames o f Indian dance perform. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Khajuraho Dance Festival \n Programme Schedule25th February 2007Kumkum Dhar\, Lucknow - Kathak \nKanka Shrinivas\, Delhi - Bharat Natyam Group \nSuc hitra Harmalkar\, Indore - Kathak26th February 2007[/color]R anjana Gouhar\, Delhi - Odissi \nUma Rahul\, Mumbai - Bele ( Santvani) \nLata Singh Munshi\, Bhopal - Bharat Natyam27th F ebruary 2007Uma Murli Krishna\, Chennai - Kuchipudi \nIntern ational Chhau Dance - Chhau Purulia \nVijaya Sharma\, Bhopal - Kathak28th February 2007Neela Prasad\, Thiruanantpuram - MohiniattamNalini-Kamlini\, Delhi - Kathak Duet \nBindu June ja\, Bhopal - Odissi \n1st March 2007Munna Shukla\, Delhi - Kathak Group \nPriya Jayraman\, Chennai - Bharat Natyam \nV. Anuradha Singh\, Bhopal - Kathak2nd March 2007Geeta Mahalik\ , Delhi - Odissi \nJ.L. Nehru Manipuri Dance Academy - Manip uri \nShweta Mishra\, Lucknow - Kathak3rd March 2007Kumkum M ohanti\, Bhuwaneshawar - Odissi \nKala Mandlam Gopi\, Kerala - Kathakali \nSankalp Group\, Delhi - Odissi[color="\;# ff8080"\;] DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20070224T170000Z DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20070303T165959Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Makhabucha Day DTSTAMP:20070223T070257Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:4e35f624d15ae2f42cd8487b743718c7@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:\n\nMakhabucha Day \n\nMakhabucha day is a day of religious significance occurring annually on the day of the third full moon of the lunar calendar. This important Buddhist holy da y marks the auspicious occasion of the congregation of Lord Buddha’s adherents. In Buddha’s era on the third full mo on day\, 9 months after his enlightenment\, Lord Buddha was residing at Veruwan Monastery when his adherents spontaneous ly congregated to hear him give a sermon. The occasion promp ted “Jaturongkasannibat†or a congregation of the 4 wond rous elements: 1. It was the third full moon day of the year . 2. 1\,250 of Lord Buddha’s adherents spontaneously congr egated there. 3. All the adherents had attained “Appinya 6 †or the “6 supreme knowledge.†4. All the adherents h ad been ordained by Lord Buddha.\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20070302T170000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Makha Bucha Day DTSTAMP:20120223T081716Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:8edde9ebd5e16bfb252bf03c4cbe9a96@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Mā\;gha Pū\;jā\; or Makha Bucha (Lao: ມ\;&# 3760\;ຄ\;ະ\;ບ\;ູ\;ຊ\;າ\;\; Tha i: ม\;า\;ฆ\;บ\;ู\;ช\;า\; (Pronunciation)\; Khmer: ​\;ម\;ា\;ឃ\; 036\;ូ\;ជ\;ា\;) is an important Buddhist fest ival celebrated in Thailand\, Cambodia\, and Laos on the ful l moon day of the third lunar month (this usually falls in F ebruary). The third lunar month is known in the Thai languag e as Makha (Pali: Mā\;gha)\; Bucha is also a Thai word ( Pali: Pū\;jā\;)\, meaning "\;to venerate"\; or "\;to honor"\;. As such\, Makha Bucha Day is for the veneration of Buddha and his teachings on the full moon day of the third lunar month.\nThe spiritual aims of the day are: not to commit any kind of sins\; do only good\; purify one'\;s mind.\nMā\;gha Pū\;jā\; is a public holiday in Thailand\, Laos and Cambodia - and is an occasion when Buddhists tend to go to the temple to perform merit-ma king activities.\n\nOrigin of Mā\;gha Pū\;jā\; D ay\nMā\;gha Pū\;jā\; day marks the four auspicio us occasions\, which happened nine months after the Enlighte nment of the Buddha at Veḷ\;uvana Bamboo Grove\, near R ā\;jagaha in Northern India. On that occasion\, as recor ded in the commentary to the Mahā\;samayasutta\, DN-Comm 20) four marvellous events occurred:There were 1\,250 Araha ta\, that came to see the Buddha that evening without any sc hedule.\nAll of them were Arhantas\, the Enlightened One\, a nd all of them were ordained by the Buddha himself.\nThe Bud dha gave those Arhantas principles of the Buddhism\, called "\;The ovadhapatimokha"\;. Those principles are: - T o cease from all evil\,- To do what is good\,- To cleanse on e'\;s mind\;\nit was the full-moon day.The Buddha gave an important teaching to the assembled monks on that day 2\,50 0 years ago called the '\;Ovā\;dapā\;timokha'\ ;[1] which laid down the principles of the Buddhist teaching s. In Thailand\, this teaching has been dubbed the '\;Hea rt of Buddhism'\;.\n Activities to be observed on Mā\ ;gha Pū\;jā\; Day\nIn the evening of Magha full-moon day\, each temple in Thailand holds a candlelight processio n called a wian tian (wian meaning circle\; tian meaning can dle). Holding flowers\, incense and a lighted candle\, the m onks and congregation members circumambulate clockwise three times around the Uposatha Hall - once for each of the Three Jewels &ndash\; the Buddha\, the Dharma\, and the Sangha.\n Tum Boon: Making merit by going to temples for special obser vances and join in the other Buddhist activities.\nRub Sil&# 39\;: Keeping the Five Precepts. Practise of renunciation: O bserve the Eight Precepts\, practise of meditation and menta l discipline\, stay in the temple\, wearing white robes\, fo r a number of days. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120307 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thailand Songkran (new Year) Festival DTSTAMP:20070124T064928Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:47d7ba9352e97f05edbcbc05992b16a7@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Great time to be had by all\, duing the Songkran!\; Peopl e everywhere throwing water\, and because it'\;s the hott est time of the year\, it feels great!\;\n\nFrom: http:// asiarecipe.co...aifestival.html\n\n\n\n\nSongkran Festival\n courtesy of the Bangkok Post\nPhotos: Lawrence Wheeler \nChi ldren enjoy standing by the roadside and splashing whatever vehicles or people pass by. \n\nThe most amazingly wild\, w et and sanook of all Thailand'\;s festivals is Songkran\, which starts on April 13 every year and lasts for three wil d\, wet\, and extremely fun days.\n\nTo the Thai people\, th is festival is one of religious significance\, but it is alw ays one of intense water-throwing as well. Everyone gets soa king wet during Songkran\, and since it takes place at the h eight of the hot season\, the custom is quite refreshing.\n\ nThe word "\;Songkran"\; comes from Sanskrit\, and m eans the beginning of the new Solar Year.\n\nIn some ways\, Songkran resembles the Christian holiday of Easter. Young an d old dress in new clothing and visit their temple\, where t hey offer food to the monks. It is a day of celebration as w ell as a feast day for the monks\, and music is often played as a backdrop to the festivities.\n\n\nResting between show ers <\; On the eve of Songkran Day\, housewives give their homes a thorough cleaning. Worn-out clothing\, household ef fects and rubbish are burned in the religious belief that an ything old or useless must be thrown away or it will bring b ad luck to the owner. \n\n\n\nDuring the afternoon of the 13 th\, Buddha images are bathed as part of the ceremony. Young people pour scented water into the hands of elders and pare nts as a mark of respect while seeking the blessing of the o lder people. In ancient times\, old people were actually giv en a bath and clothed in new apparel presented by the young people as a mark of respect for the New Year.\n\nAnother uni que Songkran custom is the releasing of live birds and fish purchased in markets. It is believed that great merit is gai ned through this act.\n\nIn Paklat\, Phra Padaeng\, near Ban gkok\, every year beautiful women in traditional dress form a procession and carry fish bowls to the river\, where the f ish are released. Naturally\, young men also enjoy this annu al excursion.\n\n\nIf you ride a public bus in Bangkok durin g Songkran\, you'\;ve got basically no chance of getting away from the eager Songkran splashers. \n\nThe releasing of fish and birds is a custom which goes back to the days when the Central Plains would flood during the rainy season\, an d then recede shortly thereafter.\n\nAfterwards\, baby fish would be left trapped in the puddles\, and farmers would gat her them and then release them into canals on Songkran Day\, thereby gaining merit while also maintaining their food sup ply.\n\nThe whole country usually celebrates Songkran\, but the merriest festivities always take place in Chiang Mai. As a result\, Thailand'\;s second largest city is always cr owded with revellers\, and visitors wishing to experience th e fun of a Chiang Mai Songkran must make arrangements months in advance.\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20070412T180000Z DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20070415T175959Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thailand Songkran DTSTAMP:20100403T033737Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:d99f33573683f6219bc4aa6b1ad8fae8@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:\nSongkran Festival\ncourtesy of the Bangkok Post\nPhotos: L awrence Wheeler \nChildren enjoy standing by the roadside an d splashing whatever vehicles or people pass by. The most a mazingly wild\, wet and sanook of all Thailand'\;s festiv als is [b]Songkran\, which starts on April 13 every year and lasts for three wild\, wet\, and extremely fun days.\n\nTo the Thai people\, this festival is one of religious signific ance\, but it is always one of intense water-throwing as wel l. Everyone gets soaking wet during Songkran\, and since it takes place at the height of the hot season\, the custom is quite refreshing.\n\nThe word "\;Songkran"\; comes f rom Sanskrit\, and means the beginning of the new Solar Year .\n\nIn some ways\, Songkran resembles the Christian holiday of Easter. Young and old dress in new clothing and visit th eir temple\, where they offer food to the monks. It is a day of celebration as well as a feast day for the monks\, and m usic is often played as a backdrop to the festivities.\n\n\n Resting between showers <\; On the eve of Songkran Day\, h ousewives give their homes a thorough cleaning. Worn-out clo thing\, household effects and rubbish are burned in the reli gious belief that anything old or useless must be thrown awa y or it will bring bad luck to the owner. \n\nDuring the aft ernoon of the 13th\, Buddha images are [b]bathed as part of the ceremony. Young people pour scented water into the hands of elders and parents as a mark of respect while seeking th e blessing of the older people. In ancient times\, old peopl e were actually given a bath and clothed in new apparel pres ented by the young people as a mark of respect for the New Y ear.\n\nAnother unique Songkran custom is the releasing of l ive birds and fish purchased in markets. It is believed that great merit is gained through this act.\n\nIn Paklat\, Phra Padaeng\, near Bangkok\, every year beautiful women in trad itional dress form a procession and carry fish bowls to the river\, where the fish are released. Naturally\, young men a lso enjoy this annual excursion.\n\n\nIf you ride a public b us in Bangkok during Songkran\, you'\;ve got basically no chance of getting away from the eager Songkran splashers. T he releasing of fish and birds is a custom which goes back t o the days when the Central Plains would flood during the ra iny season\, and then recede shortly thereafter.\n\nAfterwar ds\, baby fish would be left trapped in the puddles\, and fa rmers would gather them and then release them into canals on Songkran Day\, thereby gaining merit while also maintaining their food supply.\n\nThe whole country usually celebrates Songkran\, but the merriest festivities always take place in Chiang Mai. As a result\, Thailand'\;s second largest ci ty is always crowded with revellers\, and visitors wishing t o experience the fun of a Chiang Mai Songkran must make arra ngements months in advance.\n\nThe festivities in Chiang Mai begin in earnest on the first day of the festival with an e normous and spectacular parade of monks\, images of the Budd ha on floats\, musicians and dressed-up townspeople. The pro cession runs from the Nawarat Bridge\, past the Thaepae Gate and on to the Wat Prasingh temple. The celebrations go on f or longer here than anywhere else\; while water-throwing is only allowed in the city for the official duration of the fe stivities\, it carries on in the outlying rural areas for so me time (so don'\;t be surprised if you get a sudden soak ing - even if you'\;re travelling by train or motorbike). People also tie lucky strings round one anothers'\; wris ts as a new year blessing\, and older people can be seen dau bing others with a white paste which both wards off evil and washes easily out of your clothes afterwards (a fine produc t by any standards). It'\;s a charming and very friendly time of year\; foreigners are welcomed (although you should try to observe the decorum of religious ceremonies)\; and th e festivities are utterly spectacular: an incredibly memorab le week\, and a far better introduction to Thai culture than munching banana pancakes on the Khao San road \n\nIt'\;s our Songkran!\; Culture vultures get ready for a heady s morgasbord of traditional events and party animals get ready for the biggest party of the year. Offices\, banks and the government shuts down between 13th-15th April for the tradit ional Thai New Year\, so get your shopping and business done or you will be stuck in soaking traffic unable to move for three days. Otherwise\, put on your mor hom\, grab a bucket of water and have fun!\; \nThere will be religious ceremo nies in villages around the north of Thailand\, with most of them concentrated around a temple. The municipality and Tou rism Authority of Thailand organise all sorts of fascinating and fun events\, and on virtually every street corner\, pub and restaurant you will find some kind of celebration. \n\n Songkran Schedule Organised by the Municipality \nSome activ ities to be held during the Songkran festival are listed bel ow. \n1st\, 8th and 11th -15th April - Celebration of Chiang Mai city'\;s 711th Anniversary at the Walking Street on Tha Pae and Ratchadamneon Rd. \n\n1st -3rd April - Buddha Im age Bathing ceremony at Wat Chiang Man. \n\n7th -9th April - Bathing ceremony for the main chedi at Wat Chiang Yuen. \n\ n8th April - Contest of Royal Lanna drums at the area in fro nt of the Three Kings Monument from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. \n\n11th -12th April - Local singing contest at Three Kings Monument from 6 - 10 p.m. \n\n12th April - Offering food to Buddhist monks - Alms and Merit Making Celebration of Chiang Mai'\ ;s 711th Anniversary at the Three Kings Monument from 6-8 a. m. \n\n11th - 15th April - Lanna Art: Jour and Tung Festival at Wat Intakhin (the city'\;s sadue) from 9 a.m. to 10 p .m. \n\n11th - 15th April - Traditional sand pagoda building \, traditional blessings contest\, local Lanna\, Tung at Wat Jed Rin from 8 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. \n\n11th - 16th April - A fair and variety of religious ceremonies at Wat Sri Supan fr om 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. \n\n11th - 15th April - Traditional sin ging contest at Wat Phra Singh from 7- 10 p.m. \n\n10th -14t h April - Lanna local contest\, Miss Friendship Contest\, Mi ss Songkran Contest from 7 p.m. to midnight at Tha Pae Gate. \n\n15th April - Merit Making for Thai New Year 2007 at Tha Pae Gate from 6-8 a.m. \n\n15th April - Parade of pretty la dies holding umbrellas and riding bicycles at Nawarat Bridge to Tha Pae Gate from 7 - 12 a.m. \n \n\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20100411T180000Z DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20100414T175959Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Songkran Water Festival DTSTAMP:20120402T105640Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:5169a8ff643b4530df40f823fba0f7e9@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Songkran Festival\n\ncourtesy of the Bangkok Post\nPhotos: Lawrence Wheeler \n Children enjoy standing by the roadside and splashing whatever vehicles or people pass by. \n \nThe most amazingly wild\, wet and sanook of all T hailand'\;s festivals is Songkran\, which starts on April 13 every year and lasts for three wild\, wet\, and extremel y fun days.\nTo the Thai people\, this festival is one of re ligious significance\, but it is always one of intense water -throwing as well. Everyone gets soaking wet during Songkran \, and since it takes place at the height of the hot season\ , the custom is quite refreshing.\nThe word "\;Songkran& quot\; comes from Sanskrit\, and means the beginning of the new Solar Year.\nIn some ways\, Songkran resembles the Chris tian holiday of Easter. Young and old dress in new clothing and visit their temple\, where they offer food to the monks. It is a day of celebration as well as a feast day for the m onks\, and music is often played as a backdrop to the festiv ities.\n \n Resting between showers \n<\; O n the eve of Songkran Day\, housewives give their homes a th orough cleaning. Worn-out clothing\, household effects and r ubbish are burned in the religious belief that anything old or useless must be thrown away or it will bring bad luck to the owner. \; \;\n\nDuring the afternoon of the 13th \, Buddha images are bathed as part of the ceremony. Young p eople pour scented water into the hands of elders and parent s as a mark of respect while seeking the blessing of the old er people. In ancient times\, old people were actually given a bath and clothed in new apparel presented by the young pe ople as a mark of respect for the New Year.\nAnother unique Songkran custom is the releasing of live birds and fish purc hased in markets. It is believed that great merit is gained through this act.\nIn Paklat\, Phra Padaeng\, near Bangkok\, every year beautiful women in traditional dress form a proc ession and carry fish bowls to the river\, where the fish ar e released. Naturally\, young men also enjoy this annual exc ursion.\n \n If you ride a public bus in Bangkok during Songkran\, you'\;ve got basically no chance of ge tting away from the eager Songkran splashers. \nThe releas ing of fish and birds is a custom which goes back to the day s when the Central Plains would flood during the rainy seaso n\, and then recede shortly thereafter.\nAfterwards\, baby f ish would be left trapped in the puddles\, and farmers would gather them and then release them into canals on Songkran D ay\, thereby gaining merit while also maintaining their food supply.\nThe whole country usually celebrates Songkran\, bu t the merriest festivities always take place in Chiang Mai. As a result\, Thailand'\;s second largest city is always crowded with revellers\, and visitors wishing to experience the fun of a Chiang Mai Songkran must make arrangements mont hs in advance.\nThe festivities in Chiang Mai begin in earne st on the first day of the festival with an enormous and spe ctacular parade of monks\, images of the Buddha on floats\, musicians and dressed-up townspeople. The procession runs fr om the Nawarat Bridge\, past the Thaepae Gate and on to the Wat Prasingh temple. The celebrations go on for longer here than anywhere else\; while water-throwing is only allowed in the city for the official duration of the festivities\, it carries on in the outlying rural areas for some time (so don '\;t be surprised if you get a sudden soaking - even if y ou'\;re travelling by train or motorbike). People also ti e lucky strings round one anothers'\; wrists as a new yea r blessing\, and older people can be seen daubing others wit h a white paste which both wards off evil and washes easily out of your clothes afterwards (a fine product by any standa rds). It'\;s a charming and very friendly time of year\; foreigners are welcomed (although you should try to observe the decorum of religious ceremonies)\; and the festivities a re utterly spectacular: an incredibly memorable week\, and a far better introduction to Thai culture than munching banan a pancakes on the Khao San road \n\nIt'\;s our Songkran&# 33\; Culture vultures get ready for a heady smorgasbord of t raditional events and party animals get ready for the bigges t party of the year. Offices\, banks and the government shut s down between 13th-15th April for the traditional Thai New Year\, so get your shopping and business done or you will be stuck in soaking traffic unable to move for three days. Oth erwise\, put on your mor hom\, grab a bucket of water and ha ve fun!\;\nThere will be religious ceremonies in villages around the north of Thailand\, with most of them concentrat ed around a temple. The municipality and Tourism Authority o f Thailand organise all sorts of fascinating and fun events\ , and on virtually every street corner\, pub and restaurant you will find some kind of celebration.\nSongkran Schedule O rganised by the Municipality\nSome activities to be held dur ing the Songkran festival are listed below.\n1st\, 8th and 1 1th -15th April - Celebration of Chiang Mai city'\;s 711t h Anniversary at the Walking Street on Tha Pae and Ratchadam neon Rd.\n\n1st -3rd April - Buddha Image Bathing ceremony a t Wat Chiang Man.\n\n7th -9th April - Bathing ceremony for t he main chedi at Wat Chiang Yuen.\n\n8th April - Contest of Royal Lanna drums at the area in front of the Three Kings Mo nument from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.\n\n11th-12th April - Local singi ng contest at Three Kings Monument from 6 - 10 p.m.\n\n12th April - Offering food to Buddhist monks - Alms and Merit Mak ing Celebration of Chiang Mai'\;s 711th Anniversary at th e Three Kings Monument from 6-8 a.m.\n\n11th - 15th April - Lanna Art: Jour and Tung Festival at Wat Intakhin (the city& #39\;s sadue) from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.\n\n11th - 15th April - Traditional sand pagoda building\, traditional blessings con test\, local Lanna\, Tung at Wat Jed Rin from 8 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.\n\n11th - 16th April - A fair and variety of religious ceremonies at Wat Sri Supan from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.\n\n11th - 15th April - Traditional singing contest at Wat Phra Singh from 7- 10 p.m.\n\n10th -14th April - Lanna local contest\, Miss Friendship Contest\, Miss Songkran Contest from 7 p.m. to midnight at Tha Pae Gate.\n\n15th April - Merit Making f or Thai New Year 2007 at Tha Pae Gate from 6-8 a.m.\n\n15th April - Parade of pretty ladies holding umbrellas and riding bicycles at Nawarat Bridge to Tha Pae Gate from 7 - 12 a.m. \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120412 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120416 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Visakha Bucha DTSTAMP:20070430T104203Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:d81c85c234492f57cdd9d2b69f744b64@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:VISAKHA BUCHA (Vesak) means the \; \;worship of the Buddha on the full moon day of the sixth lunar month. It usu ally \; \;falls in May. In the case of a year with a n extra eighth lunar month--Adhikamasa \; \;(there a re 13 full moons in that year)-- the Visakha Bucha Day falls on the full \; \;moon day of the seventh lunar mont h. \n\n BIRTH-ENLIGHTENMENT-PASSING AWAY\nThe Vesak \;&n bsp\;full moon day (The full moon day of Sixth lunar month)\ n\n Visakha Bucha Day is one of the most important \;&nb sp\;days in Buddhism because of three important incidents in the life of The Buddha\, \; \;i.e. the birth\, the enlightenment and the passing away\, miraculously fall on th e \; \;same month and date\, the Vesak full moon day . .So each year\, Buddhists \; \;throughout the worl d gather together to perform the worship to recollect the&nb sp\; \;wisdom\, purity and compassion of the Buddha. \n\ n PIC/visa01.jpgPIC/visa02.jpgPIC/visa03.jpg\n\n HISTORICAL BACKGROUND \nThe \; \;Buddha was a king by birth. Hi s clan name was Gotama. He was born in Sakya \; \;Ki ngdom\, eighty years before the Buddhist Era (around 2625 ye ar ago)\, at Lumbini \; \;Park (now called Rummindel \, in Nepal\, north of India)\, in Madhayama Pradesa\, \ ; \;located between Kapilavastu\, capital of the Sakya K ingdom and Devadaha\, capital \; \;of the Koliya Kin gdom\, on Friday\, the Vesak full moon day in the year of th e \; \;dog. \n\nPrince Siddhatha (the Buddha'\;s personal name) was the son of King \; \;Suddhodana a nd Queen Sirimahamaya. On his birthday\, Queen Sirimahamaya who was \; \;pregnant\, wanted to pay a visit to Dev adaha wich was her native country. \; \;\n\nIn the m orning of the Vesak Full moon day\, the Queen left Kapilavas tu on \; \;a visit to Devadaha. Approaching a lovely park of Sals trees called Lumbini\, \; \;located be tween the two capitals but nearer to Devadaha\, the Queen wa nted to \; \;visit the park and when she arrived at a Sal tree she started contractions and \; \;gave bi rth to a son there. When the Kings of Kapilavastu and Devada ha learned \; \;this\, they were very happy and arra nged a procession back to Kapilavastu. \; \;\n\nPrin ce Siddhatta was brought up in the midst of luxury\, led the happy \; \;life of a privileged youth and married a t the age of 16 to Princess Yasodhara or \; \;Bimba who bore him a son\, Rahula. \n\nHe discontened and took on the life of \; \;a wandering ascetic a the bank of t he Anoma River. He was then 29. \n\nHe \; \;studied the mystic practices of the foremost Brahmin ascetics and re alized that \; \;such practices were not the way to enlightenment. He went on his own way \; \;applying the reflective thought of conscious meditation to a rational simple \; \;life of moderation. \n\nAt the age of 3 5\, he attained Enlightenment at \; \;Uruvelasenanig ama subdistrict\, Magadha State\, (nowadays\, located in the area of \; \;Buddha Kaya\, Bihar State\, India)\, o n Wednesday\, the Vesak Full moon day\, the \; \;yea r of the cock\, forty five years before the Buddhist Era. \n \nThe Dhamma \; \;discovered by the Buddha was Ariya sacca or the Four Noble Truths\, namely: \n\n The Noble Trut h of Suffering \nThe Noble Truth of the \; \;Origin of Suffering \nThe Noble Truth of the Extinction of Sufferin g \nThe \; \;Noble Truth of the Path leading to the Extinction of Suffering \n\nAfter \; \;having attain ed Enlightenment\, the Buddha wandered from place to place t eaching \; \;his discoveries to people who are acces sible to instruction\, helping large \; \;numbers of them achieve various levels of spiritual attainment. He sen t his \; \;followers to spread Buddhism in capitals\ , cities and upcountry\, until Buddhism \; \;was fir mly established and widely spread. \n\nThe Buddha passed awa y on \; \;Tuesday\, the Vesak full moon day in the y ear of the small snake under the two \; \;Sal trees in the Sala Grove of the Mallas in Kusinara\, capital of the Malla \; \;State\, (nowadays located in Kusinagara of Uttrarapradesa\, India) at the age of \; \;eighty (around 2545 years ago). \n\nThe performance of the rituals on \; \;Visakha Bucha day had been continuously obs erved in Jambudavipa or India\, the \; \;motherland of Buddhism\, for a long time before Buddhism spread to Sri Lanka and \; \;Thailand. There\, the Visakha worship has been continually observed to the \; \;present d ay. \n\nIn Thailand\, Visakha Bucha observance began during the \; \;Sukhuthai period (around 700 years ago)\, b ecause of the close religious \; \;relations between Thailand and Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan monks came to propagate& nbsp\; \;Buddhism in Thailand and were highly respected. Thai monks also went to study in \; \;Sri Lanka. It '\;s believed that\, those monks introduced this ceremony to the King \; \;and people at that time. \n\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20070430T180000Z DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20070530T175959Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Don'\;t Go to Work Unless it'\;s Fun Day DTSTAMP:20120403T072441Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:07ca89cea2d33c6bdbe6df863f0b62d3@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Don'\;t Go to Work Unless it'\;s Fun Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 3rd\nDon'\;t Go to Work Unless it'\;s Fun Day might be your day to sleep in. If this day falls on a S aturday or Sunday when you are normally off of work\, it' \;s an easy day to participate in. Otherwise\, make sure you get your boss'\; approval prior to participating. \;  \;\nWouldn'\;t it be nice to wake up in the morning and decide whether you will go to work? If it is going to be fun at work\, you get up and go. Otherwise\, you turn over and go back to sleep.\nEmployer Tip: To increase attendance today\, we suggest you consider things that will make it fun to go to work. Like the promise of a paycheck\, benefits\,. .............\nWarning: We strongly suggest that anyone thin king of not going into work\, clears it with their boss firs t!\; Special and bizarre days are fun to participate in. But\, not at the risk of losing your job.\n\nOrigin of " \;Don'\;t Go to Work Unless it'\;s Fun Day"\;:\nOu r research did not find the creator\, or the origin of this day. You can be certain that it wasn'\;t your boss. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120403 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hug a Newsman Day DTSTAMP:20120403T072944Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:eb3e0ca7374c730c1bfe547618adbf7a@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Hug a Newsman Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 4th\n\nHug a New sman Day gives you the opportunity to give a great\, big hug to your local newsperson. C'\;mon\, admit it. You'\;v e watched your cute newsman day in and day out. You'\;ve always told your self if you ever see him\, you would give h im a great\, big hug. Well\, today is your opportunity.\n\nA ny questions on how to celebrate this day?\n\nImportant Note : Today is also a day to hug a news "\;woman"\;. The y wouldn'\;t want to be left out of this very special day .\n\nOrigin of "\;Hug a Newsman Day"\;:\nOur researc h did not find the creator\, or the origin of this day. Seem s obvious that this day was created either by a newsman\, or by someone who wanted to hug a newsman. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120404 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Stress Awareness Day DTSTAMP:20120403T073522Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:d5254816e176e8622293b9ab9d6db29c@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: National Stress Awareness Day\n\n\n\n\nWhen : Always April 16th\nIs work or school putting on the pressure? Are the kid s on your nerves? Is there enough money to pay all of those the bills? There are literally thousands of reasons for you to get stressed out. \nRELAX!\;!\;!\; Today is Nati onal Stress Awareness Day. This is your opportunity to recog nize that there is plenty of stress in your life... as if yo u didn'\;t already know. More importantly\, today is an o pportunity to learn\, and to do something about the stress.. .... before it drives you batty or worse.\nApril is also des ignated as Stress Awareness Month.\nDid you know? There was method behind the madness. April 16 was designated as Stress Awareness Day because it is the day after taxes are due! \; \nNote: The UK also has a National Stress Awareness Day\, organized by the International Stress Management Associatio n. It is held in November. The date changes each year.\n\nOr igin of Stress Awareness Day:\nStress Awareness Day and Stre ss Awareness Month is sponsored by the Health Resource Netwo rk(HRN). They started this holiday in 1992 to increase publi c awareness of the causes and cures of stress. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120416 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blah\, Blah\, Blah Day DTSTAMP:20120403T073822Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:8f4a3fc432e5fab4a742b18a8dde7843@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Blah\, Blah\, Blah Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 17th\n\nBla h\, Blah\, Blah Day just might be the blah-est day of the ye ar. The intent of this day is to do all of the projects and things that people have been nagging you to do. This may inc lude quitting a habit\, losing weight\, or working on home p rojects. The "\;Honey Do"\; list or job jar is a top target for today.\n\nDid you know? Blah\, Blah\, Blah Day i s a copyrighted holiday. It was created and is provided\, co urtesy of the great folks at \; \;Wellcat.com\n\nIf you like Blah\, Blah\, Blah \; \;Day\, you will also enjoy all the wild and crazy holidays in Chase'\;s Annua l Events with CDROM DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120417 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:International Jugglers Day and World Juggler'\;s Day DTSTAMP:20120403T074045Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:ee3c0713afcdd5fdda3cf4a166ebf179@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: International Jugglers Day and World Juggler'\;s Day\n\n \nWhen :\nInternational Juggler'\;s Day - always April 18 th\nWorld Juggler'\;s Day - Saturday Closest to June 17th \n\nInternational Jugglers Day and World Juggler'\;s Day celebrates the skill of juggling\, and those talented people who can juggle many balls and objects at a time. Common obj ects include: balls\, clubs\, swords\, plates\, rings\, and flaming sticks. The best jugglers can juggle up to ten balls at a time.\n\nJuggling is a skill and form of entertainment that has been around for thousands and thousands of years. Some of the earliest recorded history supplies proof that ju ggling was around during the early days of civilized Man. Ju ggling is primarily entertainment. It is most well documente d in Medieval times in Europe. It remains popular today. It can be most frequently seen when the circus comes to town.\n \nSome might suggest that office workers are juggles\, as th ey multi- task and keep several "\;balls"\; (project s) going at the same time.\n\nCelebrate Juggling Day by watc hing a juggler at work. Better still\, get several balls and give juggling a try. '\;Ya never know\, you just might b e a talented juggler!\;\n\nOrigin of "\;Jugglers Day& quot\;:\nAccording to Juggler James Reid: "\;World Juggl ing Day was originally established in the mid 1980'\;s as "\;National Juggling Day"\; by the International Ju gglers'\; Association(IJA)."\;\n\nDo to the lack of d ocumentation\, we are uncertain why there is both an Interna tional Juggler'\;s Day and a a World Juggler'\;s Day. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120418 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Garlic Day DTSTAMP:20120403T074253Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:4d35d2683777d0bad68466412563b838@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: National Garlic Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 19th\n\nNation al Garlic Day promotes the many uses of Garlic. And\, there certainly are many uses. It'\;s a vegetable. Its'\; a herb. It is used in recipes around the world. Garlic has ben used medicinally for thousands of years. And\, Garlic is be lieved to ward off evil spirits. About the only negative thi ng you can say about it\, is that it can negatively affect a n otherwise romantic evening.\n\nAs a medicinal herb:Phytoch emicals in garlic are believed to provide protection against heart disease and cancer. Specifically\, stomach and colore ctal cancers.\nHelps to fight off colds and flu.\nLowers blo od cholesterol levels.\nReduces the buildup of plaque in art eries.\nUsed as a treatment for acne and warts.\nUsed for to othaches\nCelebrate National Garlic Day by using it heavily in your meals and snacks today. Spend some time researching its medical benefits. You might find you are adding more gar lic to your menu everyday.\n\nDid you know? We all have fear s. As a matter of fact\, there are so many phobias\, that ps ychologists can hardly keep track of them all. Just so you a re well informed\, Alliumphobia is the fear of garlic\n\nOri gin of "\;National Garlic Day"\;:\nOur research did not find the creator\, or the origin of this day.\nThis is r eferred to as a "\;National"\; day. However\, we did not find any congressional records or presidential proclama tions for this day. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120419 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Volunteer Recognition Day DTSTAMP:20120403T074503Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:18df3945656a2ef488b2a88f83c81eec@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Volunteer Recognition Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 20th\n\n Volunteer Recognition Day honors the legions of volunteers w ho dedicate themselves to causes and helping others. They ar e making big and small differences in the lives of millions of people all over the world. They are saving lives. They ar e improving lives and providing comfort. They assist people\ , animals\, and nature.\nMost volunteers do not ask for reco gnition. They just want to \; \;help and to "\;g ive back"\; where they can.\nIn documenting special and unique days\, this author attempts to avoid editorializing\, and keeps to reporting the facts. But\, I will step away fr om the norm when speaking to this topic. It is vital and ess ential that more people get involved. There are so many grou ps and causes that need volunteer efforts. And\, the needs a re so broad and urgent\, that everyone can find someplace to volunteer and make a difference.\n\nCelebrate this "\;V olunteer Recognition Day by:Thanking volunteers for their wo rk\nGetting involved yourself in a volunteer activity.\nDona ting to a volunteer group\nBTW: Volunteers are keeping a big secret from those that don'\;t volunteer. Volunteer acti vities are energizing and rewarding. And\, it is is lots of fun and camaraderie. Try it and you will see!\;\n\n\nOrig in of "\;Volunteer Recognition Day"\;:\nOur research did not find the creator\, or the origin of this day. We fo und many\, many local and group "\;Volunteer Days"\; . But\, today is the only day to recognize volunteers in gen eral. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120420 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kindergarten Day DTSTAMP:20120403T074806Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:8529abeedc548b8d652447cb71526151@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Kindergarten Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 21st\n\nIt'\;s Kindergarten Day. The first day at Kindergarten is a memora ble\, exciting\, nervous\, and anxious time for mother and c hild. Most children and mothers will never forget the first day at Kindergarten. Hopefully\, it was a good experience fo r all!\;\n\nKindergarten Day is celebrated in honor of Fr iedrich Froebel. He was born on this day in 1782. In 1837\, he started the first Kindergarten in Germany. It became popu lar quickly. Kindergartens were originally a 1/2 day to get children acclimated into learning\, social interaction\, and school\, in a fun\, yet educational manner. Kindergarten ha s evolved in most areas into a full time program. This is pa rtly the result of increasing pressures on education\, and p artly due to the increase in working mothers in America.\n\n Celebrate today with a trip down memory lane. Pull out the o ld pictures of you and/or your child'\;s first day at Kin dergarten.\n\n\nOrigin of "\;Kindergarten Day"\;:\nO ur research did not find the creator\, or the origin of this day. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120421 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Girl Scout Leader Day DTSTAMP:20120403T075048Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:710541dc37d06012c5630cd7485607d6@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Girl Scout Leader Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 22nd\n\nGirl Scout Leader Day recognizes and honors the many adult volun teers to the girl scouting program. Girl Scout Leader Day be gan on April 22\, 1982\, when a flag honoring Girl Scout lea ders was flown over the Capitol building in Washington\, D.C . This day honors the thousands of volunteers who help to ma ke the Girl Scout program a success.\n\nCelebrate today\, by thanking the girl scout leaders in your troop and area. Sen d a note\, or card of thanks. Girl Scout groups can hold par ties or have a cake at meetings. Gift are not a requirement\ , or an expectation. One of the ways girl scouts can thank t heir leaders\, is to do their best in everything they do. Yo ur leaders get their reward by seeing you grow into outstand ing citizens and human beings!\;\n\n\nOrigin of "\;Gi rl Scout Leader Day"\;:\nOur research did not find the c reator\, or the origin of this day. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120422 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lover'\;s Day DTSTAMP:20120403T075320Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:b6c28b6855c4ce5b4af072a4ad074231@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Lover'\;s Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 23rd\n\nIt'\;s Lover'\;s Day\, another day for romance and perhaps...ma rriage!\;?\nWhen you'\;re in love\, everyday is Lover& #39\;s Day. Sometimes however\, shy and timid people need a little incentive to express their love or to take a "\;l eap"\;. Valentine'\;s Day is one such opportunity. Lo ver'\;s Day is yet another chance at love.\n\nSome people plan their weddings on Lover'\;s Day. It certainly is an appropriate date.\n\nSo\, what do you do on Lover'\;s Da y? For starters\, express your love to that special someone in whatever way you feel is appropriate. It doesn'\;t hav e to be gifts. We suggest you cap off this day doing what lo vers do....................... \; \;\n\nOrigin of &q uot\;Lover'\;s Day"\;:\nOur research did not find the creator\, or the origin of this day. In researching this da y\, we found endless references to Lover'\;s Day. Many we re promotions by companies like hotels and travel agencies h eld on various dates all year long. We also found many many specific days for things like Quilt Lovers Day\, Horse Lover '\;s Day\, Cheese Lovers Day\, Pet Lover'\;s Day\, etc . DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120423 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:East Meets West Day DTSTAMP:20120403T075508Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:2c79fbca93f0465f77adb816d8a4a8b4@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: East Meets West Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 25th\n\nIt' \;s East Meets West Day.... time for a few introductions.\n\ nMany kinds of sports team hold annual East vs. West games. Most often\, its held by high school sports teams. It does&n bsp\; \;not have to be limited to sports teams. It could be any club or organization that holds competitions\, and c an be geographically separated into and east and west groups .\n\nThese special games usually serve a number of purposes\ , including:for charitable benefits\nSports booster club\nto honor and/or showcase the best players of the season\nCeleb rate "\;East Meets West Day"\; by holding an East Me ets West game or competition. Participate or attend one of t hese games\, if possible.\n\n\nOrigin of "\;East Meets W est Day"\;:\nOur research did not find the creator\, or the origin of this day. This day most likely took hold and g rew from annual "\;East vs. West"\; sports competiti on. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120425 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hug an Australian Day DTSTAMP:20120403T075715Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:d82e2406e2bffb9f6040ac40e89e99d5@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Hug an Australian Day\n\n\n\nWhen : Always April 26th\n\nIt '\;s Hug an Australian Day. Go ahead and give a big bear hug to any and all Australians today. Show an Australian how much you (errr...we) love them.\n\nThis is a great opportun ity for you to do your part in improving international relat ions. And hugs benefit the receiver as well as the giver.\n\ n \n\nGo ahead. Give an Australian a hug today. It will do y ou both good!\; \n\n\nOrigin of "\;Hug an Australian Day"\;:\nHug an Australian Day is a copyrighted holiday. It was created and is provided\, courtesy of the great folk s at \; \;Wellcat.com\n\nIf you like Hug an Australi an Day\, you will also enjoy all the wild and crazy holidays in Chase'\;s Annual Events with CDROM DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120426 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Take Your Daughter to Work Day 2012 DTSTAMP:20120403T080147Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:209dd962a7ceaf39f6a036b44b9affda@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Take Your Daughter to Work Day 2012\n\n\n\nDate of Take You r Daughter to Work Day: Fourth Thursday of April\nActing on research that showed adolescent girls received less attentio n than boys\, this day was initiated in 1993 by the Ms. Foun dation for Women. The intention was to give girls additional direct attention and an insight into work world opportuniti es available to them. It was to serve the multiple purpose o f increased self esteem for young girls as well as give them some ideas of the wealth of careers in the world. Thirdly\, it allowed them more one-on-one time with mom or dad.\nIt q uickly took off and became extremely popular. Girls would go off to work with mom or dad or even an aunt or uncle. They would spend the day seeing just what their sponsors job invo lved. It was limited only by the practicality of allowing a youthful\,non-employee in a particular job environment. It w orks well in office environments\, but proves impractical in most blue collar jobs or where safety can be an issue.\nIt '\;popularity quickly sparked interest by the boys who so on felt left out and were required to go to school for the d ay while the girls "\;got the day off"\;. As a resul t\, the day has turned to "\;Take your son or daughter t o work day"\; in many areas. While this takes away from the original intent to give more attention to adolescent gir ls\, it has become a valuable and popular career day opportu nity for girls and boys alike.\n\nMore Information:\nTake yo ur Daughter to work Day the official site\nMs. Foundation fo r Women DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120427 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Prime Rib Day DTSTAMP:20120403T080542Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:30cd09d724322f1d72375b4a8bbcd33f@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: National Prime Rib Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 28th\n\nNat ional Prime Rib Day gets your mouth watering\, and starts yo u drooling. Many of us look to this day on the calendar to e njoy one of America'\;s favorite steaks.\n\nFor just a da y\, forget about the diet. For just today\, don'\;t fret over the high fat and cholesterol content. And mad cow?..... ..... well isn'\;t prime rib worth the risk? After all\, if you don'\;t have some prime rib today\, you'\;ll be "\;madder than a wet......cow!\;"\;\n\nThere' \;s only one way to celebrate Prime Rib Day. And\, that is w ith a big\, thick\, juicy cut of prime rib\, cooked perfectl y to your liking. Don'\;t forget the au jus and the fully loaded baked potato.\n\n\nOrigin of "\;National Prime R ib Day"\;:\nOur research did not find the creator\, or t he origin of this day.\nThis is referred to as a "\;Nati onal"\; day. However\, we did not find any congressional records or presidential proclamations for this day. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120428 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kiss Your Mate Day DTSTAMP:20120403T080830Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:eee89c82d34c6ad88d55e677154139e3@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Kiss Your Mate Day\n\n\n\nWhen : Always April 29th\nKiss Yo ur Mate Day is a perfect chance to smooch with your partner. As if you need an opportunity to share a kiss or two with t he one you love. With spring in th air\, April is an appropr iate time for Kiss Your Mate Day.\nSome people may ask " \;why you need a holiday to kiss your mate?"\; Others sa y "\;every day should be Kiss Your Mate Day."\; Unfo rtunately\, researchers tell us that kissing\, an important part of romance and intimacy\, is the first thing to go in a relationship. If you don'\;t currently kiss your mate ev eryday\, use today to re-establish kissing in your life. \nL adies and Gentleman....... Do we need to tell you the tradit ions of this great holiday? I didn'\;t think so. Now\, ge t to it!\;\nHere are some Kiss Your Mate Day tips and rul es:There is no upper limit to the number of times you can ki ss your mate today.\nThere is no upper limit to the number o f kisses you can share today.\nIt is highly recommended that you limit your kisses to just one mate.\nIf you don'\;t have a mate\, it'\;s alright to kiss someone who is not f ormally your mate.... Hey\, you never know. This day may be a beginning.......\nYou can kiss your mate wherever you want (location/place).\nYou can kiss your mate wherever you want (anatomically speaking)\nGiving candy or flowers is not req uired. But\, we suggest that those who do\, will receive mor e kisses.\n\nOrigin of Kiss Your Mate Day:\nOur research fou nd no factual information about the origin of Kiss Your Mate Day. We did find this holiday on virtually every Ecard comp any we discovered.\nWhile we don'\;t know created this da y\, the romantical side of us is very glad that it was creat ed DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120429 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Greenery Day DTSTAMP:20120403T081028Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:d22b9bfc8620b93abff8bcb40d9a7774@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION: Greenery Day\n\n\nWhen : Always April 30th\n\nJapanese Gree nery Day celebrates the birthday of Japanese Emperor Hirohit o. In Japanese culture\, Greenery day is a time to commune w ith nature and to be thankful and appreciative of it'\;s abundance.\nCelebrate Greenery Day with a nature walk or by doing a project to improve or preserve nature.\n\nOrigin of "\;Greenery Day"\;:\nGreenery Day is celebrated as t he birthday of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito. It has been he ld since 1989 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120429 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thailand Coronation Day DTSTAMP:20070430T105515Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:f1545bc3dd8538de9f678c523244dadb@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \; \; \; \;\n \; \;  \;  \; \n \; \; \; \;Thai Version Thanapol Chad chaidee \; \;\n \n  \; \; \; \;The coronation of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej took plac e on 5 May 1950. His Majesty is the ninth King of the Chakri Dynasty. On 5 May of every year\, the Thai people rejoice a nd express their affection and loyalty to him by organizing a celebration on his coronation day.\n \n\n Prior to the rei gn of King Rama IV (King Mongkut)\, there was no coronation ceremony in Thailand\, there was only private ceremony held by high ranking officials to celebrate their Royal Regalia a nd positions in the 6th lunar month. A coronation\, however\ , took place for the first time when King Rama IV was crowne d on 15 May 1851. King Mongkut thought that the Coronation w as an auspicious occasion but thought that it would be dific ult to explain the meaning of the coronation day to his subj ects in detail\, he thus called this day as a "\;ceremon y to commemorate the Royal Regalia"\; but was quite simi lar to that of a coronation. On that day (the 13th of the fu ll moon in the 6th lunar month)\, following day monks were i nvited to have meal at the Dusit Maha Prasart Throne Hall in Grand Palace.\n \n\n During the reign of the present king\, the ceremony is performed for three days. The first day fal ls on 3 May in which the following ceremony will be performe d\; the king performs a merit-making ceremony at the Audienc e Hall of Amarindra in dedication to the deceased kings whil e Buddhist monks chant\, give a sermon and perform a requiem on the royal ashes of the deceased kings. On 4 May\, the Co ronation Ceremonies begin with the proclamation of the Coron ation Day read by the Chief of Brahmin priests followed by a n evening chanting performed by Buddhist monks. Finally\, 5 May is the actual date of the ceremony in which food is to b e offered to monks and followed by a celebration of the Roya l Regalia. At noon the Army and Navy fire a 21-gun salute in honour of the king. On this day\, His Majesty the King also presents the royal decorations to the people who have made a valuable contribution to the country. \n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20070504T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Royal Ploughing Ceremony DTSTAMP:20070430T105126Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:e813a25e70ec189f74c55f99e7cd4e79@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:  \; \; \; \;\n \; \; \; \;& nbsp\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;  \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;&n bsp\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Thai Version\ n\n  \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;  \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \n \n\n The Annual Ploughing Ceremony usually takes place in Ma y every year (but the date has not been exactly fixed like o ther royal ceremonies) at Sanam Luang near the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The ceremony has been performed since ancient ti mes and designed to give an auspicious beginning to the new planting season. \n\n \n \n In fact\, the Ploughing Ceremo ny is of Brahman origin and it was practised even before the birth of Lord Buddha who\, then a Prince\, used to take par t in the ceremony. The auspicious day and time are to set by the Royal Brahman astrologers. Nowadays\, although Their Ma jesties are present at the ceremony\, the King no longer tak es the leading role\, His Majesty the King appoints the Plou ghing Lord as his representative to carry out the rites. \n\ n \; \;  \; \; \; \; During this c olorful ceremony\, the amount of rainfall to be expected in the coming season is forecast. The Ploughing Lord is offered a choice of three lengths of cloth\, all looking identical\ , if his choice is the longest one there will be rain during the coming year\; if his choice is the shortest one\, rain will be plentiful while the one of medium length indicates a verage rain. \n\n \n After donning the piece of cloth\, cal led "\;Panung"\;\, the Ploughing Lord then ploughs f urrows in Sanam Luang with a sacred plough of red and gold d rawn by sacred white bulls and followed by four consecrated ladies who carry gold and silver baskets filled with rice se ed. Walking alongside the plough are Brahmans who are chanti ng and blowing conch shells.\n \n\n \; \;Since 1966\ , the Cabinet declared Ploughing Ceremony day as the Annual Agriculturists Day. This is to make agriculturists aware of the importance of agriculture and to remind them to take par t in the ceremony to bring about good luck and wealth for th emselves and the country as a whole. Since then\, the Agricu lturists Day has been observed together with the Rice Grains Blessing and Ploughing Ceremony. \n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20070507T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Buddhist Lent (Chiang Mai\,Thailand) DTSTAMP:20070801T074030Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:cb1ea0cf95619810f47679242cc961b5@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Colorful parade marks beginning of Buddhist Lent The carriag e transporting 1\,800 Lent candles to Wat Phrasingha as the Buddhist Lent ceremonies get underway in Chiang Mai.By Saksi t Meesubkwang\nThe Chiang Mai Provincial Administration Orga nization (PAO) organized the annual Buddhist Lent parade tha t made its way through the streets of the city on July 23rd. \nThe procession started at the Chiang Mai Railway station a nd made its way along Charoen Muang\, Tha Pae\, Kotchasarn\, Moolmuang and Ratchadamnoen road\, to end at Wat Phrasingha . Ten thousands of onlookers lined the streets to get a glim pse of this yearly colorful parade. \nThe parade included a marching band\, klong jum drummers and over 100 dancers. Par ticipants also carried the Buddhist Lent robes which are use d for the traditional bathing customs.\nSome 400 students in local dress also participated as well as sword dancers\, sa budchai drummers and the busabok carriage which transported the 1\,800 candles Lent candles.\nAt the Wat Phrasingha Tem ple\, Mr. Thawatwong na Chiang Mai\, President of the Chiang Mai PAO\, presided over the ceremony where he presented the Buddhist Lent candles and robes to the monks.\nThis year\, the Buddhist holy days of Asarnha Bucha and Khao Pansaa fell on July 29 and 30. Both are recognized public holidays\, an d therefore banks and most businesses were closed. Many acti vities took place throughout the city\, especially at our te mples.\nAsarnha Bucha Day is worshipped because of three imp ortant events occurring on the day. Called the “Triple Gem” (the Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha)\, these commemorate the fir st sermon given by the Buddha\, called the “Dharmachakapavat tama Sutta” concerning the “Four Noble Truths” presented to the Buddha’s first five disciples. The sermon set in motion the “Wheel of Dharma”\, which is the meaning of “Dharmachaka ”. \nSecondly\, the day is considered to be the birth of Bud dhism\, as the Buddha departed the location where he obtaine d his enlightenment two months earlier and then\, coming to a forest area in the city of Pharansi\, he showed favor to f ive ascetics who became his followers.\nThe third of the Tri ple Gems is the Sangha. On this same day\, the first person listened to the Buddha’s sermon\, realizing the truths conta ined therein and becoming the first Buddhist monk. This crea ted the Buddhist order “Sangha” and the day is known as “San gha Day” as well as Ahsala Bucha Day.\nThe Thai government e stablished the observance of Asarnha Bucha Day in 1958. Budd hist temples throughout the Kingdom arrange ceremonies vener ating the important historic events in the past. Devout Budd hists participate in the ceremonies by presenting offerings to monks\, listening to sermons and performing ritual prayer s.\nThe entire day is revered and certain precepts are adher ed to by the more devout Buddhist\, and by those who have th e inclination and opportunity to do so. The Wientian ritual ceremony is performed in the evening as many go to nearby te mples bringing candles\, flowers and joss sticks\, completin g three trips walking around the temple area sacred grounds. \nThe day following the start of Buddhist Lent (Asarnha Buch a Day) another important Buddhist Holy day begins in Thailan d with the custom called Khao Pansaa. \nThe term “Khao Pansa a” can also translate to entering the months of the rainy se ason when monks return to the temple for the duration of the rains\, usually to the temple where they were ordained. The y stay there for approximately three months.\nThe custom of Khao Pansaa has continued on to this day with three classes of ceremonies\, a Royal ceremony conducted by HM the King\, ritual ceremonies for devout followers of Buddhism throughou t the Kingdom and ceremonies performed by monks in the templ es.\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20070731T180000Z DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20070815T175959Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Khao Pansa\, reteat time for monks DTSTAMP:20100726T085551Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:431a83e2bbc95d8a0b6fb51b5fe6b206@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Asarnha Bucha Day recognized as the day that the Buddha gave his first sermon and his birth\, falls on July 26 this year . Both July 26 and July 27\, the start of Buddhist Lent\, ar e considered two of the most holy days in the Buddhist calen dar and are public government holidays.\n\nThe Buddhist Holy Day of Asarnha Bucha falls on the 15th night (15 kham) of t he full moon during the eighth month of the Buddhist Lunar c alendar. \n\nAsarnha Bucha Day on July 26 is worshipped beca use of three important events occurring on the day\; called the “Triple Gem” the Buddha\, Dharma and Sangha. \n\nThese c ommemorate\, firstly\, the first sermon given by the Buddha\ , called the “Dharmachakapavattama Sutta” concerning the “Fo ur Noble Truths” presented to the Buddha’s first five discip les. The sermon set in motion the “Wheel of Dharma”\, which is the meaning of “Dharmachaka”.\n\nThe sermon concluded tha t: 1. All things are a source of suffering from the constant cycle of birth\, disease\, old age and death. 2. Desire or the inability to obtain what one desires is the cause of suf fering resulting from cause and effect. 3. Freedom from suff ering can be obtained after the complete cessation of desire . 4. The last of the Four Noble Truths is the “Middle Way”\, or the path between extremes of asceticism and indulgence l eading to the eliminating of desire. The Eight-Fold Path con sists of possessing the correct: Views\, Resolve\, Speech\, Conduct\, Livelihood\, Effort\, Mindfulness\, and Meditation (or Concentration).\n\nSecondly\, the day is considered to be the birth of Buddhism\, as the Buddha departed the locati on where he obtained his enlightenment two months earlier an d then\, coming to a forest area in the city of Pharansi\, h e showed favour to five ascetics who became his followers.\n \nThe third of the Triple Gems is the Sangha. On this same d ay\, the first person listened to the Buddha’s sermon\, real ising the truths contained therein and becoming the first Bu ddhist monk. This created the Buddhist order “Sangha” and th e day is known as “Sangha Day” as well as Ahsala Bucha Day.\ n\nThe Thai government established the observance of Asarnha Bucha Day in 1958. Buddhist temples throughout the Kingdom arrange ceremonies venerating the important historic events in the past. Devout Buddhists participate in the ceremonies by presenting offerings to monks\, listening to sermons and performing ritual prayers.\n\nThe entire day is revered and certain precepts are adhered to by the more devout Buddhist\ , and by those who have the inclination and opportunity to d o so. The Wientian ritual ceremony is performed in the eveni ng as many go to nearby temples bringing candles\, flowers a nd joss sticks\, completing three trips walking around the t emple area sacred grounds.\n\nKhao Pansa\n\nThe day followin g the start of Buddhist Lent (Asarnha Bucha Day) another imp ortant Buddhist Holy day begins in Thailand with the start o f Khao Pansa. This day falls on the first full moon (1 kham) of the Buddhist Lunar calendar during the eighth month of e very year\, which this year equates to July 27\, and ends on the 15th full moon (15 kham) of the 11th month of the Buddh ist calendar\, usually in mid-October. During a leap ear it is identified during the second eighth month.\n\nThe term “K hao Pansaa” can also translate to entering the months of the rainy season when monks return to the temple for the durati on of the rains\, usually to the temple where they were orda ined. They stay there for approximately three months. The mo nks are not supposed to depart the temple\, or stay overnigh t at any other location during the months of rain. Although the rainy season is considered to be longer than three month s\, lasting up to four or even more\, monks are only require d to remain at the temples for three of the four months. Dur ing the last period of the rainy season they can then go els ewhere when the “Katin” ceremony is performed presenting \n\ nOther followers of Buddhism all over Thailand will attend t emples in the morning\, bringing food\, necessity items\, mo ney\, the traditional candles\, garments and ceremonial item s for the monks\, with flowers and candles in hand.\n\nFor t hose people having devout faith they may refrain from the re cognised eight offences for the duration of the three month rainy season just as monks do\, while others may give up a s ingle vice\, with yet others recognising the 5-8 offences fo r the day.\n\nThe ceremonies performed by monks in temples r evolve around rituals accepting new monks\, who take vows fo r periods up to the three months\, with some staying even lo nger. Senior monks at each monastery perform other ceremonie s leading followers in worship and prayer.\n\nMany people ta ke time away from their work on Khao Pansaa to recognise the importance of the Buddhist Holy Day. Everyone is invited to participate in the temple ceremonies and to refrain from of fensive behaviour for the day\, and to make the same effort thereafter.\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20100726T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Japan: Respect-for-the-Aged Day DTSTAMP:20080911T054915Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:d2b5f5c4f794111d08812e7172babbab@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Respect-for-the-Aged Day Some senior citizens celebrate thei r longevity with their family. (Akira Murakami\n\nSeptember 15 is a national holiday called Keiro no Hi\, or Respect-for -the-Aged Day. When it was first named a day for elderly cit izens in 1951 it was called Toshiyori no Hi\, or old people& #39\;s day. It was designated a national holiday in 1966\, a nd its name was also changed.\n\n\nKeiro no Hi is a day when one shows respect to long-time contributors to society\, ce lebrates their longevity\, prays for their health\, gains gr eater awareness and understanding of welfare issues confront ing the elderly\, and thinks about how welfare services can be improved.\n\n\nBecause Respect-for-the-Aged Day is a rela tively new holiday\, there are no customs particularly assoc iated with this day. Usually\, though\, cultural programs an d athletic events spotlighting the elderly are held in the c ommunity. In some elementary schools\, kids draw pictures or make simple handicraft items to present to their grandparen ts or residents of nursing homes.\n\n\nThe Tokyo metropolita n government usually holds a ceremony on September 14 to hon or the older residents of the prefecture and also sponsors a number of events. The governor of Tokyo visits centenarians and presents them with commemorative gifts.\n\n\nJapan has the longest life expectancy of any country in the world. Acc ording to the Ministry of Health and Welfare\, the average l ife expectancy in 1995 was 76.36 years for men and 82.84 yea rs for women. The 100-and-over population is growing by abou t a thousand each year\, and there were 7\,373 centenarians in 1996.\n\n\nThe population of those 65 and over as of Apri l 1\, 1997\, was 19.44 million\, according to the Management and Coordination Agency\, representing 15.4% of the total p opulation. This means that one out of every six and a half p ersons is 65 or above.\n\n\nJapan'\;s fertility rate - th e number of children a woman is expected to give birth to du ring her lifetime - is dwindling\, moreover\, and so by 2010 \, every fifth person in Japan could be 65 or over.\n\n\nJap an'\;s society is thus graying at a rapid pace\, and Resp ect-for-the-Aged Day should become an increasingly important day in the DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20080914T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nepal: Haritalika Teej DTSTAMP:20080911T060533Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:9e8bf1db37a4f8d8870ecc680acb1464@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis Teej\, let'\;s pray\nFor Hindu women\, Teej is t he greatest festival to celebrate womanhood. Apart from deco rating themselves in nice apparels and fine jewellery\, they prepare sumptuous meal for their loved ones. Before\, Teej is one week away\, its buzzes are already profound. Women st art inviting their relatives and friends for '\;dar'\; and exchange gifts (garlands\, bangles\, saris). Red is the color that spreads the message that Teej is just around the corner. Married or unmarried\, all ladies walk in nice red o utfits during this time. \n\n\nOn the main day\, the Harital ika Teej\, women generally take fast without even taking a s ip of water. Married women do this to please Lord Shiva to b estow his blessings on her husband for a long and healthy li fe. And unmarried women keep the fast basically for two reas ons?either to worship Lord Shiva purely or to ask for a nice hubby from Him. Dancing during Teej is another attraction. During the old and conservative days\, the daughters-in-law wouldn'\;t be sent to their maternal home to celebrate Te ej. To express their sorrows\, they would hum songs depictin g their agonies. Thus started the Teej songs. \n\n\nBut Teej \, as it seems to me\, is one more fuel to make the society strictly male-dominated. Let me ask you\, have you ever seen a man taking a fast for his wife\, who he calls '\;belov ed'\;? I bet\, you'\;d say no because he simply doesn& #39\;t have to. When he'\;s hungry\, she'\;d fetch or cook anything in the kitchen to kill his hunger. Whenever he feels exhausted\, she'\;d do a gentle massage to soothe his pain. Whenever he wants to stay out late\, she is suppos ed to welcome him when he comes back drunk. If he'\;s not satisfied with her\, he can always look for a new one. Have you ever seen the opposite case?men doing things for women? Wives do anything to please their husbands. And the reason this has been happening since time immemorial? Society\, of course. \n\n\nTake a simple example that generalizes a typic al Nepali family. It'\;s the mother who always works more but gets less respect. Whether she'\;s educated or not a nd whether she'\;s a working mother or not\, no one in th e family values her opinion. Not even her daughter. Why? Bec ause she hasn'\;t seen anybody doing that. The father bri ngs in money. That'\;s why he rejoices the power of supre macy. Inequity is seen in the children too. The daughter is expected to help her mother in the kitchen while her brother can enjoy his favorite TV program. Families like the one I described above constitute the back of the society which thi nks women should epitomize patience and revolt is a strict n o-no. The innocent and indirectly victimized women accept th is as a blessing\; they think it'\;s amoral to go against the system. \nThis Teej\, let'\;s pray to Lord Shiva to make women powerful\; to instill in the minds of male chauvi nists that the respect that they get from their wives should be deserved. Let'\;s also pray for their raato tika\, ch ura\, and potay not to be ripped off even when the husband d ies.\n\n<\;/FONT>\;\n\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20080916T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bhutan: Thimpu DTSTAMP:20080911T053831Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:1746c783a4c1dac7ba1a98b65c3c75b1@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Thimphu : 18 September 2004 - The 11-day annual Lhamoi Dubch hen\, a rite performed to appease the Pelden Lhamo (Goddess Mahakali)\, one of the three main spiritual protectors of th e Drukpa Kagyue school of Buddhism\, concluded yesterday. \n \nMonks of the central monk body do a final rehearsal in the courtyard of the Tashichhodzong yesterday evening. \n\n\n\n \nThe sacred 11-day ceremony was performed by His Holiness t he Je Khenpo and 250 monks of the central monk body at the D ukhang (congregation hall) of Tashichhodzong for 22 hours at a stretch in a day with short break for meals and rest. \nT he clergy also began performing a three-day rite for the Thi mphu Domchoe while the Lham Tsomo dance\, a highlight of the Thimphu Domchoe festival\, will be performed in the courtya rd of the Tashichhodzong tomorrow. \n\nThe Drubchhen was ins tituted between 1705 and 1709 by Kuenga Gyaltshen\, the firs t reincarnation of Jampel Dorji\, the son of Zhabdrung Ngawa ng Namgyal. According to legend\, Pelden Lhamo appeared befo re him and performed the dances while he was in meditation. Based on these dances\, Kuenga Gyeltshen initiated the Drubc hhen. \n\nPelden Lhamo (whose name translates as “Glorious G oddess”) is the only female dharma protector common to all f our schools of Buddhism and one of the three main protecting deities of Bhutan. \n\nThe four-day annual Thimphu Tshechu begins on September 22. The Thimphu Tshechu last for fours d ays during which mask and historical folk dances are perform ed in the courtyard of the Tashichhodzong. All the offices a nd institutes in the capital will remain closed for four day s to mark the Tshechu. \n\nAccording to the tradition of Lam a Gongdue\, the Tshechu was established by the fourth Desi\, Tenzin Rabgye (1638-1696)\, in 1670 on the eighth month of the Bhutanese calendar to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Rinpoche who brought tantric Buddhism in Bhutan. Fro m the time of Gyalsey Tenzin Rabgye\, based on various relev ant biographies and autobiographies of saints and rulers of the past\, compassionate mask dances in the form of peaceful and wrathful figures of most Ter-chams (sacred dances) have been composed and are being presented for the well being of those present on the occasion\, according to the Royal Acad emy of Performing Arts (RAPA). \n\n“For religious reasons\, some dances are performed only by monks while others are per formed both by monks and laity\,” said the RAPA’s principal\ , Thinley Gyamtsho. \n\nMeanwhile\, the ‘Blessed Rainy Day’ which marks the end of the rainy season falls on September 2 2. Bhutanese astrologers recommend four in the evening as an auspicious time for ‘ablutions’. \n\nBy Rinzin Wangchuk \nr wangchuk@kuensel.com.bt DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20080917T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Autumnal Equinox Day (Shubun-no-Hi) DTSTAMP:20080911T055349Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:4d0ddf3a04d0612a5dbed1e1afd53cfc@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Autumnal Equinox Day \nVisiting the family grave. (Kyodo) \n September 23 or 24 is Autumnal Equinox Day\, a national holi day. It'\;s a day not just to mark the changing of season s but also to pay our respects to our deceased parents\, gra ndparents\, and other family members. \n\n\n\nThe months of September\, October\, November are usually considered the au tumn months\, but technically speaking\, fall is the period between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. \n\n\n\nTh e autumnal equinox is the day when the sun crosses the equat or from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere. By the mode rn Gregorian calendar\, this date usually falls on September 23 or 24. On this day\, the sun rises exactly in the east a nd sets exactly in the west\, and day and night become the s ame length. From this day on\, days begin getting shorter th an nights in the Northern Hemisphere. \n\n\n\nThe Japanese h ave traditionally called the period around the autumnal and vernal (springtime) equinoxes higan. There'\;s a saying t hat goes\, "\;both the heat and cold end with higan.&quo t\; Higan lasts for seven days - beginning three days prior to the equinox and ending three days after it. It occurs twi ce a year\, once when the blustery winter temperatures give way to spring and again when the heat subsides and the cool\ , crisp air of autumn arrives. \n\n\n\nHigan has Buddhist or igins. It means the "\;other side of the river of death. "\; This side of the river is the world where we live\, and the other side is the realm where the souls of those who have passed away dwell. To pray for the repose of deceased ancestors\, visits are made to the family grave. \n\n\n\nBon in August (July in some regions) is a time when the souls o f our ancestors come to visit us. On higan\, it'\;s our t urn to visit them. Visiting the family grave usually means c leaning the tombstone\, offering flowers and food\, burning incense sticks\, and praying. A popular offering is ohagi\, made with glutinous rice covered with adzuki-bean paste or s oybean flour. As higan approaches\, confectioners become ver y busy trying to meet the expected DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20080923T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sri Lanka: Binara Full Moon Poya Day DTSTAMP:20080911T061252Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:3aecf437cb040440c13e32258ec9005a@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:\nBinara (full moon Poya day in September) \nCommemorates Th e Buddha'\;s visit to heaven to preach to his mother and celestial multitude. Also the commencing of the Bhikkhuni (n un'\;s) Order. Pajapati Gotami approached The Buddha and implored him to establish the Bhikkhuni Order\n\n) DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20080927T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bangledesh Durgapuja (Dashami) DTSTAMP:20080822T040145Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:64663715a764d4714ba6051fb6acd534@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Every year during the lunar month of Ashwin or Kartik (Septe mber-October)\, Hindus observe ten days of ceremonies\, ritu als\, fasts and feasts in honor of the supreme mother goddes s. It begins with the fast of “Navaratri”\, and ends with th e festivities of “Dusshera” and “Vijayadashami.”\n\n\nGoddes s Durga\nThis festival is devoted solely to the Mother Godde ss — known variously as Durga\, Bhavani\, Amba\, Chandika\, Gauri\, Parvati\, Mahishasuramardini — and her other manifes tations. The name “Durga” means “inaccessible”\, and she is the personification of the active side of the divine “shakti ” energy of Lord Shiva. In fact\, she represents the furious powers of all the male gods\, and is the ferocious protecto r of the righteous\, and destroyer of the evil. Durga is usu ally portrayed as riding a lion\, and carrying weapons in he r many arms.\n\n\nA Universal Festival\nAll Hindus celebrate this festival at the same time in different ways in differe nt parts of India as well as around the world.\n\nIn the nor thern part of the country\, the first nine days of this fest ival\, called Navaratri\, is commonly observed as a time for rigorous fast\, followed by celebrations on the tenth day. In western India\, throughout the nine days\, both men and w omen participate in a special kind of dance around an object of worship. In the south\, Dusshera or the tenth day is cel ebrated with a lot of fanfare. In the east\, people go crazy over Durga Puja\, from the seventh till the tenth day of th is annual festival. \n\nAlthough\, the universal nature of t he festival is often found to transcend regional influences and local culture\, the Garba Dance of Gujarat\, Ramlila of Varanasi\, Dusshera of Mysore\, and Durga Puja of Bengal nee d special mention.\n\n\nDurga Puja\nIn eastern India\, espec ially in Bengal\, the Durga Puja is the principal festival d uring Navaratri. It is celebrated with gaiety and devotion t hrough public ceremonies of “Sarbojanin Puja” or community w orship. Huge decorative temporary structures called “pandals ” are constructed to house these grand prayer services\, fol lowed by mass feeding\, and cultural functions. The earthen icons of Goddess Durga\, accompanied by those of Lakshmi\, S araswati\, Ganesha\nand Kartikya\, are taken out on the tent h day in a triumphal procession to the nearby river\, where they are ceremonially immersed. Bengali ladies give an emoti on-charged send-off to Durga amidst ululations and drumbeats . This marks the end of the goddess’ brief visit to the eart h. As Durga leaves for Mount Kailash\, the abode of her husb and Shiva\, it’s time for “Bijoya” or Vijayadashami\, when p eople visit each other’s homes\, hug each other and exchange sweets. \n\n\nThe Garba &\; Dandia Dance\nPeople in west ern India\, especially in Gujarat\, spend the nine nights of Navaratri (nava = nine\; ratri = night) in song\, dance and merriment. Garba is a graceful form of dance\, wherein wome n dressed in exquisitely embroidered choli\, ghagra and band hani dupattas\, dance gracefully in circles around a pot con taining a lamp. The word “Garba” or “Garbha” means “womb”\, and in this context the lamp in the pot\, symbolically repre sent life within a womb. Besides the Garba is the “Dandia” d ance\, in which men and women participate in pairs with smal l\, decorated bamboo sticks called dandias in their hands. A t the end of these dandias are tied tiny bells called ghungr oos that make a jingling sound when the sticks hit one anoth er. The dance has a complex rhythm. The dancers begin with a slow tempo\, and go into frenzied movements\, in such a man ner that each person in a circle not only performs a solo da nce with his own sticks\, but also strikes his partner’s dan dias in style!\;\n\n\nDusshera &\; Ramlila\nDusshera\, as the name suggests occurs on the “tenth” day following th e Navratri. It is a festival to celebrate the triumph of goo d over evil\, and marks the defeat and death of the demon ki ng Ravana in the epic Ramayana. Huge effigies of Ravana are burnt amidst the bangs and booms of firecrackers. \n\nIn nor thern India\, especially in Varanasi\, Dusshera overlaps wit h “Ramlila” or “Rama Drama” – traditional plays in which sce nes from the epic saga of the mythical Rama-Ravana strife ar e enacted by professional troupes.\n\nThe Dusshera celebrati on of Mysore in southern India is a veritable extravaganza&# 33\; Chamundi\, a form of Durga\, is the family deity of the Maharaja of Mysore. It’s a wonderful scene to watch the gra nd procession of elephants\, horses and courtiers wending a circuitous way to the hilltop temple of Goddess Chamundi! \;\n\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20081021T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cambodia: Paris Peace Treaty DTSTAMP:20080822T041955Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:995fb64c56135585a053e499fa816d45@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:1991 Paris Peace Agreement \nDear compatriots\, \n\n\nWe\, C ambodians\, even though living elsewhere\, remain deeply att ached to and care for our motherland. "\;The Paris Peace Agreement"\; of October 23\, 1991 was an historical eve nt and a date to be remembered. This agreement'\;s aim wa s: to provide and protect Cambodian independence\; territori al sovereignty and integrity\; non-interference from foreign countries and its neighbors\; and to restore freedom and hu man rights to Cambodia . \; \;After sixteen years of the Agreement being in place\, Cambodia is still subjected to continued territorial violations and encroachments by its neighbors\, and its citizens still suffer endless violation s of their rights. \n\n \n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20081022T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chulalongkorn Day DTSTAMP:20080822T042933Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:a6059d122afbb4b9ca7981f381955072@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:"\;Chulalongkorn Day"\; or "\;Piyamaharaj Day&qu ot\;\, which we say in Thai\, is celebrated on 23rd October of every year. It is the day that our King Chulalongkorn\, o r King Rama V\, died. He is one of our most important kings in the past. The most important thing he did is abolish slav ery but he also did many other reforms in order to modernize the country. \nKing Chulalongkorn (Phra Chulachom Klao Chao yuhua or RamaV) succeeded to the throne at the death of his father\, King Mongkut (or Phra Chom Klao). He was born on Se ptember 20\, 1853 the first son of Queen Ramphai Pamarapirom (Thepsirindra) and the 9th surviving son of King Mongkut. K ing Rama V ascended the Throne in 1868 at the age of 15\, wi th Chao Phraya Sri Suriyawongse as Regent. \nKing Rama V’s l ong reign of 42-years was a busy era of full-scale reform an d the emergence of Thailand into the modern age. He learned the systems of Western Governments\, made friends with major powers such as Britain\, France\, America and Russia and se nt the royal children to be educated in the West. It seems h e was prepared to learn from the West while at the same time \, resisting domination by the major powers. Above all\, he was the first Thai monarch who traveled widely: to neighbori ng countries in Asia and to Europe twice. Wherever he went\, he was impressed by the hospitality and respect shown to hi m by the Royalty of the various countries. \n\nThe King’s re forms\, which involved almost every aspect of Thai life\, in cluded the abolition of slavery\, the expansion of the commu nication system through the construction of railways\, the e stablishment of post and telegraph services and the creation of a ministerial system in 1892. In addition\, the King als o established a variety of public utilities\, particularly i n the fields of health and education. Unfortunately\, world events at that time did not allow him to proceed smoothly wi th his administrative reform as it coincided with the age of colonialism. The King\, therefore\, had to adapt his foreig n policy to maintain a balance between the contending powers . He fostered friendly relations with all powers and avoided confrontation. In the last period of his reign\, the countr y lost a lot of land to France. Thus\, at the time of crisis \, even though Thailand had to sacrifice some of her territo ries\, she was able to keep her independence. \n\nKing Chula longkorn wanted to make the people less subservient\, thus\, in 1873 after the coronation\, he proclaimed that prostrati on in front of the king was to be abolished. Later\, in 1905 he abolished slavery. This slave abolition was the most imp ortant royal contribution. The Slave Act was passed by King Rama V in 1905 to prohibit slave-trade. The King traveled ex tensively throughout the kingdom to personally investigate a nd share his subjects’ conditions and aspirations\, often kn own in Thai as “Prapasstion”. It is very difficult to mentio n all of his numerous reforms. All the present-day ministrie s and departments owe their origin of his far-sighted concep ts. \n \nA typical laying-of-the-wreath ceremony at the ci ty hall in Samut Prakan Province. \nHis death on October 23\, 1910 was a great loss to the entire nation as he was on e of the most honored and beloved kings who was often called “Somdej Phra Piyamaharaj”. Moreover\, Thai people also beli eved in the King’s miraculous power of bringing good luck an d prosperity to the person who pays respect to him. Thus\, t he King’s picture is found in almost every house. Thai peopl e from all walks of life lay wreaths at his equestrian statu e at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok and his statues in the provi nces DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20081022T180000Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bhutan Celebretes Fourth King'\;s Birthday DTSTAMP:20080822T041134Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:b3ef27ff9ba7c2ab627de5cbfe101123@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:Bhutan Celebretes Fourth King'\;s Birthday\n2008-13-11 09 :20:00\nBhutan Celebrates the Birth Anniversary of Fourth Ki ng His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuk\, The Celebration is Ma rk 3 Days Government Holiday Throughout the Kingdom. We offe r our prayers to the almighty for his Majesty'\;s good he alth\, long life\, Thank You Your Majesty Kind Leadership fo r Taking Bhutan to Great Height. Tashi Delek His Majesty Jig me Singye Wangchuk Fourth King His Majesty Jigme Singye\nMor e a\;bout: Birthday \, Bhutan \n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20081110T170000Z DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20081113T165959Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lawrence Wheeler'\;s Birthday DTSTAMP:20080822T044142Z SEQUENCE:1 UID:1de423839026444992c0b37933ebf81a@192.232.214.247 ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Wheeler":admin@asiarecipe.com DESCRIPTION:The great Lawrence Wheeler (me) was born on this day in 1955 \, and has lived in Thailand for more than 20 years DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20090125T170000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR