What type of music you reckon would best capture the spirit of Baan Mai, a market dating back to the days King Rama III, in Chachoengsao province? Probably, the answer is Thai classical music that was featured in the blockbuster film Hom Rong or "The Overture".
Baan Mai has served as the backdrop for several local dramas like Yoo Kub Kong, Mae Nak and Mangkorn Diewdai, all of which depict in varying degrees the life of Thai-Chinese communities going back more than a hundred years.
It's just 76 kilometres east of Bangkok and even though rapid urbanisation in the last few decades has threatened to change the face of the countryside, the market managed to preserve much of its old charms and peaceful life by the Bang Pakong River.
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