sounds of Thailand
audio recordings that evoke the country, the people and their languages and the diversity of the music of the ethnic cultures
out and about |
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house and home | |||
children playing | 337k | ||
611k | |||
pestle and mortar | the unmistakable indication that a meal is on the way | 245k | |
dripping water | recorded in the men's toilet, Doi Angkhang Royal Project |
385k |
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rice pounding machine | two Karen women use the weight of their bodies to send the swing up and down | ||
talking mynah bird | an elderly Thai couple who are always squabbling keep a mynah that mimics them faithfully |
632k |
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children at school | |||
hill tribes children playing | Lahu and Palaung children wait for school to open | 652k | |
Long-neck Karen children | a primary school class near Mae Hong Son | 512k | |
school playground | 7.45 am and the children wait for the bell to ring for the start of school | 743k | |
travel | |||
announcements over the public address system | 924k | ||
railway station | details of trains leaving Chiang Mai for Bangkok | 163k | |
boats on the Chaophraya | boatmen use whistles to guide the boats in and out | 677k | |
boat passengers | people use the ever-present mobile while waiting for their boat | 867k | |
Bangkok's Skytrain | take a quick journey on the overhead trains | 1.4MB | |
train passengers | it's difficult not to overhear the phone conversations of other passengers | 1.6MB | |
Bangkok's metro | take a quick journey on the underground | 1.4MB | |
departing train | tension mounts as an express train prepares to leave from Bangkok's Hua Lamphong station |
1.7MB |
Thailand's natural world, birds and other wildlife Thai music sounds of everyday Thai life
music of Thailand's ethnic cultures
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all sound files in compressed mp3 form click on track title to hear the recording
sound files are extracts from longer files in wav format