Posted by Non Nam Thaeng Primary School on Sunday, March 6, 2011,
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Local Culture
One of the first "odd" things that I noticed when I arrived in our village of Non Nam Thaeng was a small number of elderly ladies (all in their eighties) with red-stained lips and blackened or missing teeth; not a very aesthetic sight at first glance.
Actually, chewing Areca catchu nut wrapped in a betel leaf is a wide-spread ancestral custom in South-East Asia. In fact, archaeological evidence from north-western Thailand shows the remains of Areca catchu dating from 10,000 BC.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to The Rotary Foundation Humanitarian Service Action Group and The Rotary Club of Silom who have generously donated a water purification system to our school.
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Non Nam Thaeng | Primary School
Located In Our Village Of Ban Non Nam Thaeng, Northeastern Thailand. (Province Of Amnat Charoen).
We are a happy family of 113 students from age 6 to 12. This is the first time that we have the opportunity to learn how to blog and what blogging is. Our English Teacher explained to us that a blog will allow us "to speak" about our school experiences and village life and to share them with the rest of the world from our website.
We are really excited about this new activity!
We are a happy family of 113 students from age 6 to 12. This is the first time that we have the opportunity to learn how to blog and what blogging is. Our English Teacher explained to us that a blog will allow us "to speak" about our school experiences and village life and to share them with the rest of the world from our website.
We are really excited about this new activity!
