Many activities were organized to campaign for environmental awareness
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This is the opening of a street art exhibition performed by two Thai ‘Street’ artists D.E.A and T.G., at the ‘Galeria346’ café in Phuket town.

Inside this gallery, which is situated in an old Sino Portuguese building, there are works of two modern street artists put up on display, creating a very hip and relaxing atmosphere for teenagers, young adults or visitors to stop by and look at unique, vibrant, abstract and undeniably cool street art work. The two Thai street artists are ‘D.E.A’ or Kitja Yamunsabedin and ‘T.G.’ or Torlab Intararuensorn’; both came from the same graffiti crew which goes by the name of ‘DB-K’ which come from ‘Down-‘Bout-Krew’. ‘D.E.A’ drew his first graffiti in 1994, and he will mostly draw his graffiti by using characters and a touch of realism in his work. He also participated in many graffiti competitions such as Eminem T-Shirt Contest 2001 and Silom Skate-Park Graffiti Contest 2004 in which, he won the 1st place awards in both contests.

‘TG’, the other street artist, also started drawing graffiti in 1994 and claimed that his style is wildly futuristic and 3D. He performed and proved his talent by successfully receiving 1st and 2nd place awards in many contests such as ‘The Image of Graffiti’ competitions at MBK hall in Bangkok in 2002 and ‘Silom Skate Park Graffiti’ contest in 2004. D.E.A and T.G. both talked to Andaman News about their experiments on graffiti and the fun they have: “My name is ‘dea’ and my nickname for my art work is ‘D.E.A’. This gallery is interested in graffiti art and it is now the one only gallery in Phuket that displays this kind of street art work. Most of my work is in abstract style. For example, I use Arabic fonts in my graffiti and draw and mix fonts to make stories and graffiti out of it” TG also had a few things to say about his drawing style: “My concept of the graffiti work mainly comes from the origin of the graffiti and how it started. I pay extra attention when drawing and I will always produce work in 3 sets comprising Paint work, Spray work and Stencil work.” The two artists worked together collaboratively in many projects such as in ‘Graffiti Exhibition at Asian Hip-Hop Festival’ in 2006 or ‘Live Graffiti at Art Center’ in 2008 plus many more events. However, the two artists have their own preference in details, drawing, spraying and painting style within street art. Yet they can still produce such remarkable works uniquely enough, to make the gallery exhibition really stand out. The street art show at ‘Galeria346’ will be showing through April, May and until the 8th of June. You can stop by at the gallery at 346 Phuket Rd. to check out the cool graffiti work which the two artists put their heart and talent into. This is Zenniesha, reporting for Andaman News.

Source: National News Bureau of Thailand

A Flower laying ceremony, in honor of the former Governor of Phuket in the old days during King Rama 6’s reign, is now taking pace at Phraya Rasada Nupradit statue at a public park on Rang Hill near NBT Phuket studio here in Phuket city. This is an annual event to commemorate the good deeds of Phraya Rasada Nupradit or Kor Sim Be Na Ranong who was instrumental in bringing about the civilization of Phuket in many ways during his government service in Phuket as governor. Some people said civil servants liked him as a scholar whose brightness was beyond any governor in his era. The Phuket authority, and this year the Office of Phuket City in particular, arranges a bigger event in honor of the man on this Thai national Civil Servant’s Day April 1st, as he was an excellent role model for civil servants. This evening the Office of Phuket city is organizing a musical event in the garden where his statute is situated and invites residents and visitors to participate. The relaxed event will start with old musical local band, who will play instruments and tell stories of the old town and its development by Phraya Rasada Nupradit, followed by the Sundaraporn Band from Bangkok and renowned national artist Suthep Wongkamhaeng. The evening event will start at 6 pm when participants can enjoy sunset views over the town from Rang Hill. Local snacks and refreshments will be made available. The Phuket City Mayor Somjai urges residents to wear local outfits to promote their identity and raise awareness among young people. The event will end at around 11 pm with a spectacular fireworks display. The office also arranges car parks nearby including at NBT studio and provides shuttle bus services.

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The trace of wealth in the harmonious Sino-colonial architectural style impresses the visitors to the old mansion on Krabi road in Phuket City.

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The Vegetarian Festival is a religious festival annually held on the island of Phuket in southern Thailand.
Date : 29 September – 7 October 2008
Venue : Various Chinese shrines, Mueang District, Phuket
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This moderately sized hill, situated north west of Phuket Tonw, is a good view point for Phuket Island.
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Shino-Portuguese buildings in old Phuket city are a blend of influences from abroad. The building structures and utilities are made to compliment Chinese principles but then decorated both inside and outside in Western styles.
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