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On the south side of the Wang River in Lampang city centre you
will find an impressive collection of locally produced street
art.
Most of the murals are located on 400 metres of wall
backing onto the riverfront path. For the exact location of the
murals featured below see the location map at the end of this
article.
Like the more famous examples of South East Asian
Street Art in Penang and Ipoh, the street art in Lampang focuses
on local history and culture, and scenes from local life.
Chickens, and in particular a white rooster, feature heavily in
Lampang’s street art. The reason for this is that there is a
legend associated with Lampang and chickens. According to this
legend the Hindu God Indra came to Lampang and transformed
himself into a white rooster to wake the local residents up in
time to give alms to the Lord Buddha who, according to the
legend, made a trip to the province.
Another thing Lampang
is famous for is its ‘khao teen’ or rice cakes, in particular
the rice cakes produced by Khun Manee and sold from her shop on
the Ratsada Road in Lampang town centre. The Lampang rice cakes
are made by mixing sticking rice with watermelon juice. The
mixture is then left to dry in the sun before being deep fried
and finally having syrup drizzled over the top. A significant
proportion of Thai tourists to Lampang buy these rice cakes to
take home as gifts and souvenirs.
One of the larger murals
on the Wang Riverfront in Lampang features a near full set of
the major tourist attractions in Lampang in black, white and
gold including Baan Sao Nak, the Ratsadaphisek Bridge, the
Thailand Elephant Conservation Center, Wat Phra That Lampang
Luang and the railway line running through Lampang, which local
people are very proud of.
Some of the murals in Lampang also
employ an artistic technique that is is very closely associated
with, and a major defining characteristic of, the South East
Asian Street Art Movement as a whole: using existing features of
the environment which the mural is painted on as part of the
mural itself. The art becomes tied to the place where it is
painted as the physical features are part of the picture.
The ‘children and pets’ mural in Lampang is a good example of
this. The scene of children playing with dogs and cats is a
typical everyday street scene in Lampang immortalised in the
form of a painting. In the mural the local population is
permanently imprinted on the physical environment emphasising
the inextricable link between people, place and identity. It is
as though the local people have literally seeped into the walls
of the town.
The same themes are emphasised in the mural of
the girl collecting mangoes, which includes a smaller picture of
a boy on bike with a fishing road presumably to try his luck
catching fish from one of the bridges over the Wang River.
Collecting free food is very much a part of traditional life in
Thailand as a whole and people still do it in the large modern
town of Lampang.
(Credit :
https://thailandlife.info/street-art-in-lampang/) |
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LAMPANG Street Art |
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01 |
"Eight" |
18.2902, 99.49906 |
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02 |
Thanon Tippawan |
18.29149, 99.4986 |
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"Lampang
Rooster" |
18.29133, 99.49902 |
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04 |
Changpuag Bridge |
18.29421, 99.50296 |
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05 |
Rassadapisek Bridge |
18.29276, 99.50085 |
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06 |
"Pangsuree Art Home" |
18.29209, 99.50012 |
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07 |
Thanon Praisanee |
18.29221, 99.50014 |
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08 |
Trok Pongpranechang-1 |
18.29164, 99.49983 |
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09 |
Trok Pongpranechang-2 |
18.29177, 99.4998 |
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10 |
Sri-Krid Rd Zone A |
18.293492, 99.502445 |
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11 |
Sri-Krid Rd Zone B |
18.293143, 99.501460 |
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12 |
Sri-Krid Rd Zone C |
18.292446, 99.499572 |
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13 |
Wang River |
18.294, 99.50221 |
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14 |
"Nine In Café" |
18.29454, 99.50327 |
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15 |
Pahmai Road |
18.29436, 99.50454 |
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16 |
Wat Pratu Pong |
18.29473, 99.50551 |
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17 |
"Giant" |
18.2968, 99.50802 |
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18 |
"Coffee Coffee" |
18.29831, 99.50931 |
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19 |
Suchada Road |
18.29955, 99.51077 |
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20 |
"Naga" |
18.29705, 99.51095 |
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21 |
Bunyawat Road |
18.2918, 99.50786 |
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22 |
"989 Grill" |
18.29046, 99.49822 |
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23 |
Chill Chill |
18.29054, 99.49761 |
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24 |
Thanon Suandok |
18.29048, 99.49613 |
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25 |
"Dejavu789" |
18.28861, 99.49487 |
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26 |
"Bull" |
18.29011, 99.49412 |
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27 |
Thanon Rasada |
18.2938, 99.50046 |
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28 |
"NonNee Lampang" |
18.27915, 99.48043 |
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29 |
Prasan Maitri Road |
18.27872, 99.47769 |
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30 |
"Lotus" |
18.27972, 99.4754 |
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31 |
"Tea time" |
18.2798, 99.47457 |
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32 |
"Ceramic Street Art Lane" |
18.28227, 99.4743 |
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33 |
"The Old Bike Lane" |
18.28216, 99.47357 |
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34 |
Montri Road |
18.28446, 99.47354 |
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35 |
Kao Chao Market |
18.2827, 99.46733 |
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36 |
"Gaojo Boxing Camp" |
18.28328, 99.46698 |
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37 |
"Lampang Railways" |
18.28372, 99.46654 |
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38 |
"Lampang Food" |
18.28347, 99.46697 |
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39 |
"Covid Heroes Homage" |
18.284, 99.46431 |
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40 |
Tha Craownoi |
18.28981, 99.47779 |
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41 |
"Boxing School" |
18.25748, 99.49535 |
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42 |
"Phrabat" |
18.2566, 99.49598 |
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43 |
"Central Lampang" |
18.28303, 99.49566 |
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