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Maliwan Teja \u1787\u17b6\u179f\u17d2\u178f\u17d2\u179a\u17b8\u1787\u1793\u1787\u17b6\u178f\u17b7 Karen (Pga K'nyaw) \u1793\u17b7\u1784\u1787\u17b6\u17a2\u17d2\u1793\u1780\u178a\u17b9\u1780\u1793\u17b6\u17c6\u1799\u17bb\u179c\u1787\u1793\u1798\u1780\u1796\u17b8 Ban Mae Yang Min \u17d4 \u179a\u17bc\u1794\u1790\u178f\u17d6 Aafu - IMN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


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\u178f\u17b6\u1798\u179a\u1799\u17c8\u1794\u178e\u17d2\u178f\u17b6\u1789\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u1796\u17d0\u1793\u17d2\u1792\u1795\u17d2\u179f\u1796\u17d2\u179c\u1795\u17d2\u179f\u17b6\u1799\u1787\u1793\u1787\u17b6\u178f\u17b7\u178a\u17be\u1798\u1797\u17b6\u1782\u178f\u17b7\u1785 \u1798\u17bc\u179b\u1793\u17b7\u1792\u17b7 IPAS \u1798\u17b6\u1793\u1780\u17b7\u178f\u17d2\u178f\u17b7\u1799\u179f\u178a\u17c2\u179b\u1794\u17b6\u1793\u1785\u17bc\u179b\u179a\u17bd\u1798\u1780\u17d2\u1793\u17bb\u1784\u1780\u17b7\u1785\u17d2\u1785\u1781\u17b7\u178f\u1781\u17c6\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u17b9\u1784\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u17c2\u1784\u178a\u17be\u1798\u17d2\u1794\u17b8\u1782\u17b6\u17c6\u1791\u17d2\u179a\u178a\u179b\u17cb\u17a2\u17d2\u1793\u1780\u1793\u17b7\u1791\u17b6\u1793\u179a\u17bf\u1784\u1787\u1793\u1787\u17b6\u178f\u17b7\u178a\u17be\u1798\u1797\u17b6\u1782\u178f\u17b7\u1785 \u1793\u17b7\u1784\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u1796\u17d0\u1793\u17d2\u1792\u1795\u17d2\u179f\u1796\u17d2\u179c\u1795\u17d2\u179f\u17b6\u1799\u179f\u17a0\u1782\u1798\u1793\u17cd\u1793\u17c5\u1780\u17d2\u1793\u17bb\u1784\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u1791\u17c1\u179f\u1790\u17c3 \u178a\u17be\u1798\u17d2\u1794\u17b8\u1780\u178f\u17cb\u178f\u17d2\u179a\u17b6\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u1796\u17d0\u1793\u17d2\u1792\u1785\u17c6\u178e\u17c1\u17c7\u178a\u17b9\u1784\u1791\u17b6\u17c6\u1784\u1793\u17c1\u17c7 \u1793\u17b7\u1784\u1780\u17b6\u179a\u1796\u17b7\u178f\u17a2\u17c6\u1796\u17b8\u17a2\u17b6\u1780\u17b6\u179f\u1792\u17b6\u178f\u17bb\u178a\u17c2\u179b\u1796\u17bd\u1780\u1782\u17c1\u1794\u17d2\u179a\u1788\u1798\u1798\u17bb\u1781\u17d4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u179a\u17bc\u1794\u1790\u178f\u1782\u1798\u17d2\u179a\u1794\u17d6 Ban Mae Yang Min \u1783\u17bb\u17c6 Sri Thoi \u179f\u17d2\u179a\u17bb\u1780 Mae Suai \u1781\u17c1\u178f\u17d2\u178f Chiang Rai\u17d4 \u179a\u17bc\u1794\u1790\u178f\u17d6 Surachat Samana<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the winds rise and rain threatens, communities in northern Thailand have long burned Spondias pinnata pods \u2014 a plant intertwined with ritual, spirituality, and seasonal knowledge passed down through generations. Today, climate change is disrupting the life cycle of “som poi” and the seasonal rhythms it follows. 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