Daily life in the Isan: Village characters
Isan life forms characters. Climate and labor pound on everyone's body. That produces beautiful heads, sinewy but scarred bodies. Curved backs too, from working lifelong in the rice fields.
Hunting in Isan
Anyone who regularly follows the blog of De Inquisitor knows that brother-in-law has become an alcohol-free man through Buddha and is therefore very active again. Well, working for a living for him means wandering in and around the fields and woods, looking for something edible or useful.
Secrets of Isaan (2)
The Inquisitor is still reminiscing about his rooster experiences when there will be another chance to learn about another Isan secret. The fact that people eat dogs. You often read that this habit is going away, but that is wishful thinking. Dogs are eaten daily here in the region and they are not always slaughtered themselves. That meat must still be available somewhere, but De Inquisitor had no idea where.
Secrets of Isaan (1)
At the age of thirty-nine, Nan still lives with his parents. A somewhat tall young man, wiry build, striking head. A proud man who knows what he wants, how he wants it. The only thing you can say is that he is a bit shy, this is also the reason why he does not have a partner according to the love.
An Isan village life (6)
The warm season is coming and then cheap refreshments go well. The sweet makes a kind of ice cream, not as a Westerner knows it: small pieces of fruit of various kinds first go into a Styrofoam cup, then she grinds ice blocks into grit herself and puts it on top, then four very sweet sauces of her choice and in all colors on top and as the crowning glory sweet condensed milk. They go away like hot cakes, ten baht each.
An Isan village life (5)
The Isaan Record, an excellent website
In general, rural areas in Thailand have fared poorly in terms of coverage in both the Thai- and English-language media, and this is even more true for the Isan. Hence this brief review of the excellent site The Isaan Record.
An Isan village life
The Inquisitor can say that he is well integrated in this Isan village in the middle of the Udon Thani/Sakon Nakhon/Nongkai triangle. Everyone knows him by name, they greet him spontaneously, like to have a chat, although it takes longer than usual because of the language barrier, which is mainly The Inquisitor's fault.
3travel in the Isan (video)
Geraldine travels to the Thai region of Isaan. A piece of Thailand where the mighty Mekong River determines life and traditions are honored.
A new Isaan life (5)
The village here is not prosperous and the local people have become resourceful. The meager budget they have available forces them to do so. The Inquisitor suspects that the past has a lot to do with it, he often tries to imagine how things were here fifty years ago. Impossible, he lacks history and cultural experience.
Sinsod in Isan (Part 2, Closing)
Brother-in-law is still single and will be for a while. Despite the mediation of several villagers, the asking price remains too high for the family.
Sinsod in Isan (Part 1)
Every Thailand lover knows this phenomenon. dowry. Many farangs hate it, including The Inquisitor. This is one of the few things that he cannot understand, even now, with more knowledge, he still does not agree.
Isaan economy
Poa Deing is in trouble. The schools have reopened and he and his wife are responsible for three grandchildren. Their son and his wife work in Bangkok. But things are not going as well economically as the newspapers make out, and too little money has been sent.
Greetings from Isaan (part 6)
A plume of blue smoke rises from behind the fence and slowly dissolves between the green of the tall trees. That is the sign that poa Sid has lit his campfire again, during the cool period he does that every day because people arrive at his yard from sunrise. They arrive on rickety mopeds of a model that De Inquisitor recognizes from a distant past, but the inventive Isaaners manage to keep them rideable.
Greetings from Isaan (part 5)
Unfortunately, many Westerners greatly underestimate the life of an average Isan family. You notice that from many reactions to blogs, you often read that on social media. The Isan countryside and its inhabitants get off pretty badly. Lazy, addicted to alcohol, freeloaders, easily go into prostitution. Immediately the entire region, a huge area in fact, is written to pieces. Arid and dry, hot, monotonous. Nothing to see, nothing to do.
Mukdahan in Isan
The concept of Isaan is well known to many people. But from the beginning of the 20th century, this north-eastern part of Thailand has become a fact as Isaan. The name comes from Isanapura, capital of Chenla. Many people call themselves khon Isan and speak Isan as distinct from Laos and Central Thailand, although the Thai language is taught in schools.
Greetings from Isaan (part 4)
Et is in his early forties, married and the father of three children. And was an important man in the village for a year. There were local elections at the time, very local, only for the hamlet where we live.