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Hi! It's View from Point of View.

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Today's Loy Krathong day right?

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Speaking of Loy Krathong,

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Thai traditional costume, or some sort.

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Many would think of a woman,

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that is, Nopphamat, right?

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We've heard in the folklore

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that she's the first to invent krathong

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back in Sukhothai Period,

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since we were little right?

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But did you know all about her lore?

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Where's she from and all that jazz?

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So I'm here today with Noppamat's tale.

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Saying that I'm covering the Noppamat's tale

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many of you might think

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I'd cover her biography right?

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No. The thing is there's this book

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that's so controversial about

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whether or not it's a Sukhothai literature

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or a Rattanakosin one?

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This book has three names.

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First is the Tale of Noppamat.

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The second is known as Ravadeenoppamat.

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And the last is Lady Srichulalak's recipe.

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This book is written in

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prose form. What's a prose then?

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Prose is when you write.

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Like normally write.

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Not in rhymes, verses, sonnets, poems.

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Not poetry.

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Besides, it's also written like a journal.

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Like it's a journal of a woman

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named Ravadeenoppamat.

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Our Noppamat.

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But most of it didn't really mention Loy Krathong.

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The part about Loy Krathong is

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actually really short

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in this Noppamat's tale.

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But if they didn't talk much about it,

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then what is this book about?

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This book begins with

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the prologue, I am Noppamat.

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I shall tale you all some stories.

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Starting with what's the world like

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back in my days.

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Starting with nations and languages.

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Our world has blah blah nations.

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There's Laos, Thai, Khmer, and so on.

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Including the nation of "'Marican."

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Remember this well, we will be

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discussing this point later.

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Then it'd explain on the languages.

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What's languages each nations are using.

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So we began with world explanation.

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The world is in this setting, like this.

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Our world is currently being this and that.

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After the world setting, it then began

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to praise Phra Ruang.

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Phra Ruang is, of course, refers to

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the kings in Sukhothai period

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that we often mention when

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I was covering Trai Phum Phra Ruang.

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It's written here that this Phra Ruang

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is the great Phra Ruang etc etc.

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After praising the king,

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began the description of each

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noble houses in Sukhothai, saying that

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The Sukhothai city in Phra Ruang's rein

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has many important noble houses which are...

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Moreover, Sukhothai also has vassal states.

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Owning this, that, and those states.

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Sukhothai is great, has beautiful temples.

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Beauty stands in the temple grand.

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That wasn't in the book though.

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Why beauty stands in the temple grand?

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Well it's a rhyme.

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I got that from junior high school.

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It also mentions religions in Sukhothai

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such as Buddhism, Hinduism,

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Christianity, Islam,

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as well as many other beliefs.

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Basically, the Sukhothai in Noppamat's eyes,

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written in her journal, seems like a utopia.

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It's such a grand and civilised kingdom,

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flourish with cultures and religions.

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Everyone lives freely and happily.

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Then Noppamat started to describe

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Phra Ruang's profile.

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He's this and that.

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When done with Phra Ruang's profile

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she then described her own profile

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that there's a courtier named Sri Mahosod

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who has a beautiful daughter

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named Noppamat, or I, myself.

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The full name is Ravadeenoppamat.

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Then she went on and praised herself for a bit.

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Although this book is a prose.

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But it contains a few verses as well.

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The praising of Noppamat's beauty

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is one of them. It goes like this.

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Soft and supple, prim and proper.

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Her beauty and grace are exquisite.

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Glowing golden skin shines.

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Captured every hearts its eyes lay upon.

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Not only saying that she's beautiful,

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Noppamat also selling herself hard

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that she's got both beauty and brain.

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How so? It's the verse that said

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Lovely maiden Noppamat;

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a wise daughter like her father had taught;

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well verse in words and rhymes;

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chime dharma bell she shall.

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An utterly lovely maiden;

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no one else shall compare;

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as old times merit brings;

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thus thy blessed with beauty beyond compare.

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This is her journal, describing herself.

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I did good deeds, that's why I'm pretty and smart.

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That's why I love Dharma.

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I'm the lady to die for of this kingdom.

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Again, this is her journal.

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And surly the beauty of Noppamat

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has been someone's subject of poetry.

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Someone has written a sonnet about it.

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It's a type of poetry, praising beauty.

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Anyone who watched my Lilit Phra Lo video,

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it's similar Phuean and Phaeng situation.

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The words on the beauty of Noppamat

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has reached Phra Ruang.

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Eventually, Phra Ruang was like

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such brain and beauty, why waste it?

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And called her in to be his concubine.

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Before Phra Sri Mahosod, a high ranked courtier,

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present his daughter to his majesty,

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he felt like, no it can't be done like this.

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If she isn't up to standard, we couldn't risk it.

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So he tested Noppamat's intelligence

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by asking her questions and riddles.

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If this happened, what would she do?

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If that happened, what would she do?

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Which Noppamat aced it all.

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And she got sent in to be his majesty's consort.

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And the most important part of this book

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is right here, where Phra Sri Mahosod

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asked Noppamat that

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To become his majesty's conncubine

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and given your service to the king,

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in what attribute should you posses?

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Should you be prim and proper?

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Should you be intelligent?

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When should you voice your opinion?

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You should be loyal and most importantly,

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you shouldn't cross your pinkies.

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What's pinkies crossing?

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Long story short, back in the day

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there's only one man in court, the king.

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The rest is women.

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So there might be something something

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to kill the boredom, when they're neglected.

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Well, you might be too young if you don't get it.

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Don't try to, wait til you come of age

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I'm starting to sounds like old folks

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trying to explain things.

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The point of this book is in this part.

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Where her parents tried to guide her

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on how to behave

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went given her service to the king.

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After describing her life before the court,

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Noppamat began to describe

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her life in court

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through many ceremonies she has joined.

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Such as the Jongpriang ceremony,

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Triyampawai ceremony, Tripawai ceremony,

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Tanayatoh, Sampatchorachint, Reak Na.

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Visakha Bucha, and many many more.

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And among these ceremonies

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Noppamat had joined.

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The first one is the Jongpriang ceremony.

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The title of it might sounds familiar.

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It's the ceremony that nowadays

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known as Loy Krathong ceremony.

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According to the 12 months ceremonial text

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by King Rama V, the word Jongpriang

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isn't exactly associated with Loy Krathong.

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But it eventually morphed into one.

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I won't get into much detail

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but let's say that in this ceremony,

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Noppamat had shown her intelligence

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by invented a lantern by banana leaves

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in the shape of a lotus, the Krathong nowadays.

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It's so pretty Phra Ruang praised her, saying

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It's such a beautiful invention.

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From now on, we'll use this in our ceremony

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as a sacrafice.

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Hence, this is the origin of Krathong,

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which is a very tiny part

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in the memoir of Noppamat.

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Other that the Jongpriang ceremony,

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there's a couple ceremonies

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that Noppamat had joined and

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got to show her intelligent like this again.

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After the part about ceremonies,

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Noppamat mentioned concubine-hood again.

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Saying this lady from that house is this way

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and that lady from this house is this way.

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And ended by saying that

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the behaviors such as mine

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is the good model, or some sort.

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And that's all on Noppamat's tale.

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There's something we should discuss further.

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We can see that through out the book,

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it mentioned a lot on the behavior of

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a concubine, which is good and which is bad.

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Which should be followed and which shouldn't.

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So some believe that

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the text of Lady Sri Chulalak's recipe

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or the Tale of Noppamat

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is written as a guide for concubines.

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If a person is coming in the palace as

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a consort or concubine, how should they behave.

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So it's like another guide to womenhood.

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But a long discussion further

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is quite controversial so

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I'll save it for the end of the video.

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See you again next time! Bye~ Good day!

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Did you notice when I mentioned it might be

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a Sukhothai or Rattanakosin liteturature?

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There's some controversial around it.

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As many have said that

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it's a journal written by Noppamat.

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Noppamat lived in Sukhothai era.

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It's a first-person narrative.

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I, Noppamat, blah blah

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It must be from Sukhothai!

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But for many that have actually read it

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thinks that the language used is every Rattanakosin's.

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For example, the verse I've read. You can see that

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it's easily understandable on the first read.

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While, if anyone ever read Trai Phum Phra Ruang,

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knows that it's much harder to comprehend.

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It'll be like, 'this Traiphum as such, it seems'

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Blah blah. It's kind of complicated.

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While the text of Sri Chulalak's recipe

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can be read and understand normally.

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There's only a few difficult words.

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But most importantly, some words that slipped

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And felt like they weren't Sukhothai language.

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For example, Farang 'merican, American, America.

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These weren't existed in Sukhothai period.

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They only started to existed in Thonburi-

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Early Rattanakosin period, you know?

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There's also some mention of cannon,

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which gun powder back then

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weren't that advance.

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This makes scholars speculate that

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this text is perhaps written in Rattanakosin.

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And it's probably fiction like one of those...

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Like The Princess Diaries.

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A princess didn't wrote it.

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It's a fiction by an author

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using the first-person narrative.

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It's been discussed widely in academic fields.

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But many scholars had

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confirmed that this book

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was actually written in Rattanakosin era,

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around King Rama III.

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If anyone got something to say or to add on

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please leave a comment down below.

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Happy Loy Krathong, everyone!