Folk Art and Craft
The articles listed below are an essential part of Thai folklore. Some were articles of daily household use in rural areas.
- Kan Tam Khao (การตำข้าว), the long wooden pestle of a traditional manual rice pounder.
- Mo Khao (หม้อข้าว ). A traditional Thai clay pot (หม้อดิน) widely used formerly to cook rice. It is also used in ceremonies to invoke spirits as well as to capture evil ghosts and banish them.
- Kradong (กระด้ง), a round rice winnowing basket. The large ones are known as Kradong Mon (กระด้งมอญ). Phi Krahang uses two large winnowing baskets to fly in the night.
- Prakham (ประคํา), the Buddhist prayer beads. Witch doctors usually wear a necklace of beads.
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