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Thursday, February 5, 2009 VOL 2, NO 273 dailyxpress.net

GOOD MORNING BANGKOK!

Art is a root-finder By Disaya ‘Tiew’ Koragotchamas Cheeze TV host

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ther developing countries are instilling a love of their traditional arts in kids in school, and we should do the same. We have absorbed so much from outside that we’ve forgotten ourselves – the arts and culture that are our roots. It’s pointless to follow the latest styles and fashions if we forget the roots of our civilisation. It’s useless to complain that Bangkok is not beautiful if you still have a littering habit.

Sawadee kha! East will meet West in Italy this year when five Thai artists give a double-take on the Land of Smiles at a UNIQUE EXHIBITION at the Venice Biennale >PAGE 2

What to do today Wolf down French delights, dig into an array of delicious sausages, check out the ‘Thai gifts of love’, and much more >PAGE 9


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