1. Advanced Reading English Book
Series: Visiting Mahasarakham
Story: Mongkon Buddha image
For the fourth-grade student
Ketsada Chaiwongjan Story
Phoonsak Kotsopar Picture
6. 犖犖迦牽犖犖園
犢犖犖劇犖犖 犖犖犢犖
犖犖迦犖 A
犖犖迦犖朽犢犖犖 B
犖犖ム犖迦牽犢犖犖朽権犖犖犖項犖犖朽犖犖迦犖犖о険犖犖犖迦権犖о鹸犖犖 C
犖犖伍犖犖犖萎肩犖犖犢犢犖犖犖迦牽犖犢犖迦犖犖犖園犖犖劇賢 D
犢犖犖犖犖犖犖犖犖犢犖犖犢犖犖朽権犖 1
Mongkon Buddha image 3
Exercise 1 27
Exercise 2 28
Exercise 3 30
Exercise 4 31
犢犖犖о犖迦犖犖 32
犢犖犖犖犖犖犖犖犖犖ム険犖犢犖犖朽権犖 33
犢犖犖ム権犢犖犖犖犖犖犖犖犖犢犖犖 犖犖ム険犖犢犖犖朽権犖 34
犖犖犖犖犖迦犖伍犖犖 35
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7. Pre-test
Choose the best answer a, b, c, or d
1. How many standing Buddha images are there in
Kantarawichai District?
a. one b. two
c. three d. four
2. What are the Buddha images in Kantarawichai?
a. Bayana b. Khmer
c. Dvaravati d. Sema
3. How many colors are there in Benjarong porcelain?
a. two b. three
c. four d. five
4. Why do they hold the rocket festival?
a. to ask for rain
b. to offer to the rain god
c. follow the ancient tradition
d. all above
5. What happens with the rocket owners when their
rocket does not work?
a. take to mud b. drink whisky
c. do nothing d. make a rocket
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8. 6. If a rocket does not work it is put in.
a. water b. concrete
c. mud d. sand
7. At the festival the farmers ask for.
a. rain b. money
c. clay d. pottery
8. How many standing Buddha images are there in
Kantarawichai District?
a. one b. two
c. three d. four
9. What are the Buddha images in Kantarawichai?
a. Bayana b. Khmer
c. Dvaravati d. Sema
10. How many colors are there in Benjarong porcelain?
a. two b. three
c. four d. five
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9. Kantarawichi District is about 14 kilometers from Maha
Sarakham on the way to Kalasin. You can go there by
motorcycle, car, van or bus. It is an ancient town.
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10. There are famous standing Buddha Images in Kantharawichai
District, Maha Sarakham Province. Mongkon Budda Image,
a standing Buddha image is in Wat Buddha Mongkon or Wat Ban
Sa on the left and Mingmuang
Buddha Image is in Wat Suwannawat.
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11. Pra Mingmuang Buddha or Suwanmalee Buddha Image,
is one of standing Buddha images in Wat Suwannawart. It is a
Dvaravati style Buddha image, and it was built about 2,000
years ago. It is in Moo 1, Khok Pra Sub District, Kantarawichai
District, Mahasarakham Province.
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12. These are the famous Buddha images of Wat Suwanawart,
Kantarawichai District.
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13. 7
Pra Mongkon Buddha Image,
a standing Buddha image is in Wat
Buddha onkon or Wat Ban Sa.
It was built from red sand stone.
It looks like a Mingmuang Buddha
Image. It was built by women in
the same period.
14. The script on this Sema or sandstone block tells the story of the
ancient town of Kan Tang or Khantatirat.
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15. Ban Khan Ta Fresh Water Lake and Chaleom Prakiat Park
are in Kantharawichai District. The people use this place for
relaxing, getting exercise and firework shows when they have
special events.
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16. Every three years, people in Kantarawichai Districts hold a rocket
festival in June. They used rockets to ask for rain from Praya Taen,
god of rain.
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17. The villagers decorate their rockets with flowers, beads
and national flags. There are many colorful parades with
dancers, musicians, and drum players.
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18. If the rocket does not
work, the rocket makers
will be punished by being
thrown into muddy clay.
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19. Benjarong, a porcelain product with five colors, is
the famous OTOP product of Kantarawichai.
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27. They are painting their porcelain with the main colors for
Benjarong potteries. The painting is difficult to do. It is the
final step in making Benjarong pottery.
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28. Kate : Why do the Buddha Images look like the Buddha
images in Nadun District?
Thongsuk : Because the Khmer people were there in the past.
Sonya :Who built the Buddha Images?
Thongsuk : The Mingmuang Buddha Image was built by men
and Mongkon Buddha Image was built by women.
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At Wat Suwanawart
29. Sonya : What is the famous OTOP product in Kantrarawichai
District?
Thongsuk : Benjarong, five color pottery.
Kevin : What is the rocket festival?
Thongsuk : It is the festival that farmers a for rain from the
God of rain.
Kate : How often do they hold the festival?
Thongsuk : Once every three years.
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30. Vocabulary
犖犖迦絹犖園犖犢 犖犖迦賢犖犖巌犖迦権 犖犖о顕犖÷見犖÷顕犖
Ancient Belonging to times long past
especially of the historical period
before the fall of the
Western Roman Empire
犢犖犖犖迦犖犖迦献
Build Make by combining materials and
parts
犖犖犢犖迦
Motorcycle A motor vehicle with two wheels
and a strong frame
犖犖犖犖園犖犖∇顕犖犖∇犖犢
Fresh Not containing or composed of salt
water
犖犢犖迦犖劇
Lake A body of (usually fresh) water
surrounded by land
犖犖謹 犖犖萎犖ム肩犖迦
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31. Vocabulary
犖犖迦絹犖園犖犢 犖犖迦賢犖犖巌犖迦権 犖犖о顕犖÷見犖÷顕犖
Prepare Make ready or suitable or equip
in advance for a particular purpose
or for some use, event, etc
犢犖犖犖朽権犖
Sinter Cause (ores or powdery metals) to
become a coherent mass by
heating without melting
犢犖犖迦犖犖犖迦検犖巌
Cover Form a cover over 犢犖犖ム厳犖犖 犖犖ム幻犖 犖犖伍犖
liquid The state in which a substance
exhibits a characteristic readiness
to flow with little or no tendency
to disperse and relatively high
incompressibility
犖犖犖犢犖犖ム硯
Prepare Make ready or suitable or equip
in advance for a particular purpose
or for some use, event, etc
犢犖犖犖朽権犖
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32. Exercise 1
Match the word in Column A with the correct picture
In Column B
A B
1. Buddha
2. festival
3. rocket
4. handicraft
5. Benjarong
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33. Exercise 2
Choose the best answers
1. How many standing Buddha images are there in
Kantarawichai District?
a. one b. two c. three d. four
2. What are the Buddha images in Kantarawichai?
a. Bayana
b. Khmer
c. Dvaravati
d. Sema
3. How many colors are there in Benjarong porcelain?
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five
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34. Exercise 2
Choose the best answers
4. Why do they hold the rocket festival?
a. to ask for rain
b. to offer to the rain god
c. follow the ancient tradition
d. all above
5. What happens to the rocket owners when their rocket
does not work?
a. throw them in the mud
b. drink whisky
c. do nothing
d. make a rocket
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35. Exercise 3
Complete the passage with the correct word given.
The old name of Kantarawichai is________ It belonged to
Khmer Kingdom. There is Sema, the sandstone which
mentioned the story of the ancient town.
Every____ years, the people in Kantarawichai _________
arrange the rocket festival. It is a fun festival. People asked for
rain from Praya Taen, god of rain. They ________ that the _______
will give them rain.
communities district three
believe god Kantang
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38. Post-test
Choose the best answer a, b, c, or d
1. How many standing Buddha images are there in
Kantarawichai District?
a. one b. two
c. three d. four
2. What are the Buddha images in Kantarawichai?
a. Bayana b. Khmer
c. Dvaravati d. Sema
3. How many colors are there in Benjarong porcelain?
a. two b. three
c. four d. five
4. Why do they hold the rocket festival?
a. to ask for rain
b. to offer to the rain god
c. follow the ancient tradition
d. all above
5. What happens with the rocket owners when their rocket does
not work?
a. take to mud b. drink whisky
c. do nothing d. make a rocket
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39. 6. If a rocket does not work it is put in?
a. water b. concrete
c. mud d. sand
7. At the festival the farmers ask for.?
a. rain b. money
c. clay d. potter
8. How many standing Buddha images are there in
Kantarawichai District?
a. one b. two
c. three d. four
9. What are the Buddha images in Kantarawichai?
a. Bayana b. Khmer
c. Dvaravati d. Sema
10. How many colors are there in Benjarong porcelain?
a. two b. three
c. four d. five
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