Michael Backman’s Video Reels

Here you will find dozens of short video reels – initially created for our Instagram page. Each is less than 90 seconds long and covers matters of culture, art & travel.ย We hope that you will enjoy them.

A large mosque commenced in 12th century Rabat, Morocco, but never finished. _______________________________________________

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #rabat #Moroccan #asianantiques #asianartlondon #mosquearchitecture #islamicarchitecture #magreb #islamicart
Gold and gilded waist buckles from Sumatra and Sulawesi. Private collection. 

#michaelbackman #malaysilverandgold #indonesianantiques #ethnicjewellery #peranakan #melayu #sumatra
Why do Shinto shrines in Japan sometimes have live, small horses on their grounds? Watch and find out. _______________________________________________

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #shintoism #shinto #japanesereligion #japaneseculture #japanesetradition #tokyoshrine #asianantiques #shintogods
Thai and Malay silver and gold spittoons for betel use. Private collection.

#michaelbackman #betel #sirih #areca #dpittoons #malaysilverandgold #malayarts #thaiantique #asianartlondon #londongallery #antiquesilver #tanahmelayu
The Sultan of Perakโ€™s Phantom Rolls Royce, Muzium Perak, Taiping, Malaysia.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #muziumperak #perak #taiping #rollsroyce #sultanofperak #malaysultans #malayculture #malayhistory #malaysilverandgold #malaysia
A Chinese temple in Bangkok with a difference - instead of all the decorations being red, they are yellow? Why?? Listen and discover why.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #thairoyalty #chinesetemple #bangkokchinese #seachinese #ang #thaireligion #thaihistory #bangkokculture
Betel sets, silver and gold, Malay world and Thailand. Private collection.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #thaisilver #thaiantiques #melayu #sirih #betel #malaysilverandgold #asianartlondon #londongallery #antiquesilver #tanahmelayu #betelnut
The royal Malay tombs and mosque in Kuala Kangsar, Perak state, peninsular Malaysia. _______________________________________________

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #kualakangsar #perak #melayu #malayculture #malayhistory #malayroyalty #malaysilvergold #malaytradition #malayarchitecture #colonialarchitecture #mosquearchitecture
Dutch 17th century VOC shipments of ivory at the Shipwreck Museum, Fremantle, Western Australia. 

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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #voc #dutcheastindies #batavia #fremantle #ivory #colonialantiques #shipwreck #eastwesttrade #traderoutes #shipwreckmuseum #londonantiques
Malay caping worn by infants as illustrated in the bookโ€™Malay Silver & Gold: Courtly Splendour from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailandโ€™. Available from online booksellers and can be ordered from any bookshop worldwide. 
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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Traditional Malay culture and Malay royal bathing ceremonies at Istana Jahar, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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Gilded-silver filigree amulets worn by the children of the Straits Chinese, Peranakan or Baba-Nonya communities of Singapore and Malacca. Private collection.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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Nam pla or fermented fish sauce is a common ingredient in Thai food. Itโ€™s not unique to Thailand though. Even the ancient Romans had their own version. 

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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #thaicuisine #thaifood #nampla #fishsauce #thaiculture #thaiantiques
Betel boxes, Malay world and Thailand, 19th century.  Private collection. 

#michaelbackmam #betel #sirih #celapa #malaysilverandgold #malaysilver #indonesianantiques #thaiantiques
Hand-made clay bricks in the town of Ait Ben Haddou, near Marrakesh, Morocco. 
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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Chinese Tang architecture and other Tang dynasty influence in Japan.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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About Malaysiaโ€™s minority Thai community in Tumpat, on the border of Thailand and Malaysia, in Kelantan state, Malaysia.

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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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Eddie, who works in the Gallery, was given up for adoption to the goddess Guanyin when he was a baby. Hereโ€™s why.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #guanyin #chineseculture #overseaschinese #malaysianchinese #chinesetemple #kuanyin #chinesetradition #chinesereligion
Traditional Malay mosques with tiered roofs are being replaced by non-traditional, Saudi Arabian-style mosques due to Saudi influence and money. Itโ€™s a different version of cultural bleaching.

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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#michaelbackman #malayarchitecture #malayculture #malayhistory #melayu #malayart #malaysia
A brief intro on Japanese script and how it is partly based on Chinese script. In Tokyo.
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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป@๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ & ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ
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#kanji #hiragana #katagana #ๅนณไปฎๅ #็‰‡ไปฎๅ #ๆผขๅญ— #modernjapan #japaneseantiques #japaneseculture #japanesehistory #japanesescript #japaneselanguage #japaneseart