Tony captures the authentic sociological essence of Songkran by focusing on the quiet, communal bonds of rural life rather than the typical tourist spectacle. It is a poignant reminder that the true value of tradition lies in the continuity of family and local heritage.
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A traditional Songkran in the Isaan village with family.Added:
We're gone.
I think we got everything.
We have to go where, Didi? Uh go go wholesale. Go go wholesale. Get some uh fish.
And jelly.
Ribs? We're getting ribs?
>> [music] >> No.
Ribs for me?
No.
First time I heard that. I don't know.
Okay, we're off.
Just some jumbo olive oil.
1,300 1,900 baht.
Mhm.
Seems like a pretty good price.
Not sure what she's getting, but they got they got jellyfish here.
Jellyfish jellyfish jellyfish.
Yeah, I'm not sure what this is. Spicy squid cake.
Squid.
Squid.
Oh, clams.
Cockles.
Boiled blood cockles. Meat.
Some scallops.
Oh, those are some big freaking prawns right there.
Giant freshwater prawns.
Look at the size of them suckers.
Ow.
So, apparently we're going through the through the farm. We're going to pick up Trixie, uh Ploi and her mom, and I don't know who else is going to go to the temple for a bit.
Do their uh Songkran uh merit.
And then we're going to have lunch, and then come home. Place is 2 hours. I said, "Okay.
2 hours."
I've been watching the clock.
2 hours turn into 4 hours.
Oh, I haven't seen a lobster since uh Phuket.
Look at that one. One's eating the other one.
That's a Maine lobster.
Got the spiny lobster and the Maines.
King crab.
Look at that. These look like uh grouper. Yep.
Hybrid tiger groupers.
Fresh as it comes.
>> [music] [music] >> Apparently shrimp's not enough. We're going to get some prawns, too.
>> [music] >> Well, we were going to get a case of beer, but it's only 10:00. They don't sell till 11:00, so not my department. I'm not going to be drinking, so I'll just pay for it later, I guess, once we get to the village.
So, we picked up We picked up a rotisserie chicken.
We got the shrimp, the prawns, and the chicken for me and Trixie. We'll eat the chicken and whoever else.
>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Why is how many people?
Many people?
No, just my cousin.
What do you got?
Oh, kitchen mangoes.
Oh, you see the boys up there.
>> [laughter] >> I was going to say down here waiting for him to fall.
The whole village show showing up.
>> [laughter] [music] [music] [music] [music] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] [laughter] >> Some like a sundown, we have to go home and meet together cousin, you know.
Yeah. Yeah, auntie auntie family uncle family meet together.
Come to see the granny.
Yeah, we do that on holidays.
Uh Like a Easter and Thanksgiving.
Christmas? Christmas we our family Just family. Our family just stays uh just small family on Christmases, but we do Thanksgiving real big everybody.
One big party on Thanksgiving. Christmas just small for each family has its own Christmas.
We used to do Christmases big everybody.
Uh that stopped a long time ago.
Cuz everybody bring presents and it was just a big pain in the butt.
You know.
No, but my my family too, but it's not in but it's on Christmas we give present on for the New Year days. Mhm.
Uh last uh last December and first January.
Mhm. Yeah, we give the presents.
Now you going to go back home and work security.
Back back to work for Chexy on security.
Security detail on the sofa.
Just sit in the sofa and eat.
We don't pay for money, but we pay for food.
And the air con.
She prefers air conditioning a little bit than more than the heat.
She likes the heat, but yeah.
Uh I don't think she likes it all the time.
I don't know if she don't like her daddy Eddie.
Even wake up eat and nap and wake up and then [music] eat.
Right? Yeah.
Chut chut chut chut chut chut chut chut chut.
>> [snorts and groaning] [groaning]
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