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Tontan

Tontan is a small waterside market beside the Pa-Sak River in Saohai in the Saraburi province of Thailand. This market was created by an assemblage of the Tontan community where villagers bring native clothes,food or pretty handicrafts to sell to tourists every Sunday.

History

The Tontan Waterside Market comes from a community which has a history of over 200 years. This community emigrated from Chiang Saen in the north of Thailand since the reign of King Rama 1 and came to settle in Saraburi in the center of Thailand. Tontan villagers try to preserve their cultural values and identity such as accent, language, dress, performing arts or food which are still preserved until the present. They transfer their culture through the Tontan Waterside Market and the foods that traders make to sell or the clothes that traders and villagers wear which continue to help maintain the identity of their community.

Food

The Tontan Waterside Market has many foods for tourists and neatly decorated foods such as Boiled Sweets, Pun-Sip, grilled chicken, Chormoung and papaya salad. The most famous item of this market is Tai-Yuan(fire rice noodle), Kong Candy is another special sweet because its meaning relates to Buddhism and destiny. People that come to this market shouldn’t fail to taste Tai-Yuan(fire rice noodle) and Kong Candy because there are delicious and use raw material from nature.

Clothes

Villagers and traders wear comfortable clothes that are colorful. Men wear t-shirts, trousers and women wear striped sarongs similarly to the northern dress style of Thailand. People interested in these clothes can visit the Tontan Waterside Market to buy these clothes as souvenirs from traders that the prices are worthwhile and the good quality.