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PREFACE

The Department of Cultural Promotion is aware of its duties and responsibilities to preserve,
to relay and to promote the Thai cultural heritage. Consequently, it has initiated the project of the
communitiesโ€™ cultural learning centres since the 2015 budget year, to give support to the communitiesโ€™
private cultural learning centres to continue and to take pride in the cultural heritage in their own regions.
This book entitled the โ€œCommunitiesโ€™ 50 Cultural Learning Centresโ€ has assembled the
communitiesโ€™ cultural learning centres, promoted and supported by the Department of Cultural Promotion,
Ministry of Culture. These communitiesโ€™ cultural learning centres are cultural centres with potentiality.
They are able to pass on the wisdom and give an opportunity to the adolescents and the general
public to learn about the local history, the cultural arts and the wisdom, as well as making them
realise the cultural value and importance, leading to the preservation, the inheritance, the passing on of
knowledge and the economic value added based on the foundation of the communitiesโ€™ cultures. Furthermore,
a network of cultural learning centres is formed, integrating cooperation in various fields, so that people in
the communities could continuously exchange knowledge among themselves and keep on helping each
other.
Mrs. Pimravee Watthanavarangkul
Director-General
Department of Cultural Promotion

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