SUNGAI UPE : LITTLE PENANG
As a land of pluralism, Satun has long been a cultural and commercial meeting place for Thais and Malays who travelled throughout the Malay Peninsula. Satun’s ports have served as windows into a broader world that facilitated the exchange of goods and products from far-off places. Cultural inflows from foreign countries were blended with the local cultural forms, creating a rich cosmopolitanism in the regional maritime world.
Praya Puminatpakdee was assigned to govern Satun in the early 1900s. He had previously lived in Penang where he witnessed the development of Penang under British rule. He used Penang’s architectural concepts and adopted them to Satun. These architectural style can be observed in the town’s earliest department stores. The governor invited about 7,000 Chinese merchants in Penang to settle down in Su-ngai Upe. He developed Sungai Upe as a pepper plantation region, in line with the enormous commercial value of herbs and spices at the time. He established a port to transport the products to sell via the Sungai Upe steamboat route, which transformed Sungai Upe into “a new trade community” of the region.
Today, Sungai Upe, which is located in Thung Wa District of Satun Province, is reviving and regenerating its former glory. The mission is to help this land be reborn itself into the Little Penang that it once was, as a home to “a rich natural and cultural heritage” and one of the region’s “most distinctive pluralistic societies”.
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Spirit Of Asia (English Version)
- 24:13
ABHAKARA : THE SUN WHOSE LIGHT NEVER FADES
26 ธ.ค. 64 - 26:23
TRAIN TOKENS TO SAWI AND LUNG SUAN
19 ธ.ค. 64 - 24:59
THE TRAIN COMMUNITY OF THONBURI
12 ธ.ค. 64 - 25:15
TRADING ZONES ALONG RAILWAY LINES AND LIFE LINES
5 ธ.ค. 64 - 23:56
A TIME OF TRANSITION : FROM HUA LAMPONG TO BANG SUE
28 พ.ย. 64 - 25:50
PHETCHABURI : THE LAND OF PRIB PRI
21 พ.ย. 64 - 25:31
GOR GAI GULF : THE LAST MUD AND THE FIRST SAND
14 พ.ย. 64 - 25:20
THE FLOWING WATERS AND MOVING SANDS OF PHETCHABURI
7 พ.ย. 64 - 26:11
CART TRACKS IN THE ORCHARD OF SUGAR PALMS
31 ต.ค. 64 THE GEN XYZ SERIES : IF WE LOVE EACH OTHER, WE STAY TOGETHER
14 ก.พ. 64THE GEN XYZ SERIES : INTER-GENERATIONAL PASSIONS
7 ก.พ. 64THE GEN XYZ SERIES : FINDING STRENGTH IN RETIREMENT
31 ม.ค. 64PHILOSOPHIES AND BELIEFS GOVERNING THE WORLD OF CATS
24 ม.ค. 64THE RESCUE MISSION ON CAT ISLAND
17 ม.ค. 64THE WAY OF THE CAT IN A CHANGING WORLD
10 ม.ค. 64THE LIGHT OF THE SIKH FAITH
3 ม.ค. 64THE ONE PATH OF THAILAND’S SIKH COMMUNITY
27 ธ.ค. 63THE G.I. WAR LEGACY EP.2
20 ธ.ค. 63THE G.I. WAR LEGACY EP.1
13 ธ.ค. 63THE ARTISTIC PATHS OF THE OLD CITY OF NAKHON
6 ธ.ค. 63A CITY OF FAITH CALLED NAKHON SI THAMMARAT
29 พ.ย. 63SATUN YOUTH : THE GROWING BRANCHES OF REVIVED HERITAGE
22 พ.ย. 63SUNGAI UPE : LITTLE PENANG
15 พ.ย. 63SATUN’S EARTH HERITAGE OF FOSSILS
8 พ.ย. 63A LAND THAT IS TRULY FREE
1 พ.ย. 63
Spirit Of Asia (English Version)
- 24:13
ABHAKARA : THE SUN WHOSE LIGHT NEVER FADES
26 ธ.ค. 64 - 26:23
TRAIN TOKENS TO SAWI AND LUNG SUAN
19 ธ.ค. 64 - 24:59
THE TRAIN COMMUNITY OF THONBURI
12 ธ.ค. 64 - 25:15
TRADING ZONES ALONG RAILWAY LINES AND LIFE LINES
5 ธ.ค. 64 - 23:56
A TIME OF TRANSITION : FROM HUA LAMPONG TO BANG SUE
28 พ.ย. 64 - 25:50
PHETCHABURI : THE LAND OF PRIB PRI
21 พ.ย. 64 - 25:31
GOR GAI GULF : THE LAST MUD AND THE FIRST SAND
14 พ.ย. 64 - 25:20
THE FLOWING WATERS AND MOVING SANDS OF PHETCHABURI
7 พ.ย. 64 - 26:11
CART TRACKS IN THE ORCHARD OF SUGAR PALMS
31 ต.ค. 64 THE GEN XYZ SERIES : IF WE LOVE EACH OTHER, WE STAY TOGETHER
14 ก.พ. 64THE GEN XYZ SERIES : INTER-GENERATIONAL PASSIONS
7 ก.พ. 64THE GEN XYZ SERIES : FINDING STRENGTH IN RETIREMENT
31 ม.ค. 64PHILOSOPHIES AND BELIEFS GOVERNING THE WORLD OF CATS
24 ม.ค. 64THE RESCUE MISSION ON CAT ISLAND
17 ม.ค. 64THE WAY OF THE CAT IN A CHANGING WORLD
10 ม.ค. 64THE LIGHT OF THE SIKH FAITH
3 ม.ค. 64THE ONE PATH OF THAILAND’S SIKH COMMUNITY
27 ธ.ค. 63THE G.I. WAR LEGACY EP.2
20 ธ.ค. 63THE G.I. WAR LEGACY EP.1
13 ธ.ค. 63THE ARTISTIC PATHS OF THE OLD CITY OF NAKHON
6 ธ.ค. 63A CITY OF FAITH CALLED NAKHON SI THAMMARAT
29 พ.ย. 63SATUN YOUTH : THE GROWING BRANCHES OF REVIVED HERITAGE
22 พ.ย. 63SUNGAI UPE : LITTLE PENANG
15 พ.ย. 63SATUN’S EARTH HERITAGE OF FOSSILS
8 พ.ย. 63A LAND THAT IS TRULY FREE
1 พ.ย. 63


























































