Sacred Mountains of Northern Thailand and Their Legends Bangkok Every library will need to

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and ethnic identity have been significantly altered through globalization and the religio-political unrest on the southeastern coast of Thailand

Sacred Mountains of Northern Thailand and Their Legends Bangkok Every library will need toOut of stock By Donald K. Swearer, Sommai Premchit, Phaithoon Dokbuakaew Drawing on the legendary histories of three mountains in the regionDoi Ang Salung Chiang Dao, Doi Suthep, and Doi Khamcoauthor Donald Swearer explores the various ways that mountains in northern Thailand are seen as sacred space, and therefore as an environment to be respected rather than exploited. This volume presents, in English translation, the stories associated with these