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Wat Rong Khun

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Wat Rong Khun (วัดร่องขุ่น), perhaps better known to foreigners as the White Temple, is a contemporary, unconventional, privately-owned art exhibit in the style of a Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. [1]

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Buddha Park

Buddha Park, also known as Xieng Khuan (as well as other variations of the spelling), is a sculpture park located 25 km southeast from Vientiane, Laos in a meadow by the Mekong River.

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Buddhist temple

A Buddhist temple is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism.

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Bunleua Sulilat

Bunleua Sulilat (June 7, 1932 – August 10, 1996, often referred to as Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat, หลวงปู่บุญเหลือ สุรีรัตน์, numerous variants of the spelling exist in Western languages: see below) was a Thai/Isan/Lao mystic, myth-maker, spiritual cult leader and sculpture artist.

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Chalermchai Kositpipat

Chalermchai Kositpipat (เฉลิมชัย โฆษิตพิพัฒน์; RTGS: Chalemchai Khositphiphat; IPA:; born 15 February 1955) is a Thai visual artist.

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Chiang Rai Province

Chiang Rai (เชียงราย,; ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩁᩣ᩠ᨿ, is the northernmost province of Thailand. It is bordered by the Shan State of Myanmar to the north, Bokeo Province of Laos to the east, Phayao to the south, Lampang to the southwest, and Chiang Mai to the west.

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Ferdinand Cheval

Ferdinand Cheval (19 April 1836 – 19 August 1924) was a French postman who spent thirty-three years of his life building Le Palais idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives.

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Freddy Krueger

Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger is a character of the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' film series.

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Harry Potter (character)

Harry James Potter is the title character and protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

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Hello Kitty

(full name) is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, created by Yuko Shimizu and currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi.

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Hsinbyume Pagoda

The Hsinbyume Pagoda (ဆင်ဖြူမယ်စေတီ; also known as Myatheindan Pagoda) is a large pagoda on the northern side of Mingun in Sagaing Region in Myanmar, on the western bank of the Irrawaddy River.

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Kinnara

In Hindu mythology, a kinnara is a paradigmatic lover, a celestial musician, half-human and half-horse (India).

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Lek Viriyaphant

Lek Viriyaphant (1914 - November 17, 2000, เล็ก วิริยะพันธุ์, sometimes referred to as Khun Lek) was an eccentric Thai millionaire and patron of culture responsible for the construction of Ancient Siam, Erawan Museum and Sanctuary of Truth.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.

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Mueang Chiang Rai District

Mueang Chiang Rai (เมืองเชียงราย,; 80px) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Nāga

Nāga (IAST: nāgá; Devanāgarī: नाग) is the Sanskrit and Pali word for a deity or class of entity or being taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the king cobra, found in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

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Neo (The Matrix)

Neo (born as Thomas A. Anderson, also known as The One, an anagram for Neo) is a fictional character and the main protagonist in ''The Matrix'' franchise.

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Rahu

Rāhu (Sanskrit: राहु)() is one of the nine major astronomical bodies (navagraha) in Indian texts.

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Sala Keoku

Sala Keoku (ศาลาแก้วกู่;;, also spelled as Sala Keo Ku, Sala Keo Koo, Sala Kaew Ku, Sala Kaew Koo, Salakaewkoo, Sala Gaew Goo, Sala Kaeoku, etc. Alternative name: Wat Khaek) is a park featuring giant fantastic concrete sculptures inspired by Buddhism.

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Sanctuary of Truth

Sanctuary of Truth (ปราสาทสัจธรรม Prasat Sajja Tham) is a religious construction in Pattaya, Thailand.

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Superman

Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Terminator (character concept)

In the ''Terminator'' film series, a terminator is an autonomous killer robot, typically humanoid, originally conceived as a virtually indestructible soldier, infiltrator and assassin.

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Terminator (character)

The Terminator (also known as T-800 and T-850) is a fictional character from the ''Terminator'' franchise portrayed by both Arnold Schwarzenegger and numerous actor stand-ins digitally overlaid with Schwarzenegger's likeness.

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Thai Rath

Thai Rath (ไทยรัฐ, lit. Thai State or Thai Nation) is a daily newspaper in the Thai published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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The Matrix

The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis (credited as The Wachowski Brothers) and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano.

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Ubosot

An ubosot (อุโบสถ), Retrieved 5 March 2015.

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Visionary environment

A visionary environment or fantasy world is an extensive/large-scale artistic installations (buildings, sculpture parks, etc.) intended to capture intense subjective/personal experiences (dreams, fantasies, obsessions, etc.) of their creators.

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Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew

Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew (วัดป่ามหาเจดีย์แก้ว;, literally Wilderness Temple of the Great Glass Pagoda), also known as the Temple of a Million Bottles, is a Buddhist temple in Khun Han district of Sisaket province, Thailand.

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2014 Mae Lao earthquake

The 2014 Mae Lao earthquake occurred at on May 5.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Rong_Khun

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