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...part of the ethos of the Maloneys' business. Besides guided walks, guests, who range from bird watchers to honeymooners, can take Aboriginal art classes, buy pieces on exhibit by local Aboriginal artists or listen to a didgeridoo demonstration by one of the indigenous staff members. Traditional smoking ceremonies???believed to have spiritual cleansing properties?are held when new staff join, and in the spa, a traditional blend of lemon myrtle leaves and gum leaves is burned before each treatment. Local plants and Aboriginal remedies are featured throughout the treatments, which are based on the Australian-made Li'Tya product line...
...Thais tithe their annual income in contributions to temple building and Buddhist ceremonies???good Buddhism but a serious drawback to the government's efforts at capital formation. Not long ago, Bangkok carried out a little-publicized roundup of leftist-oriented monks to prevent any Communist infiltration of the clergy. But by and large, in peaceful, prosperous Thailand, the golden mean rules. Bangkok is still rocking from the Sarit scandal?the tough, able late Prime Minister is charged with misappropriating vast government funds?and King Bhumibol has been urged to strip Sarit posthumously of his title of field marshal...
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