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The Meaning of Wisdom

The Bandit Dictionary in the year 2525 offers the following meanings:

Local culture : means the ability to use fundamental knowledge to develop creativity and improve the life of
local people.
Passing on knowledge or teaching: means to display knowledge and provide understanding through telling
stories, as for example on how to distinguish good from evil.

Local Wisdom Even now nobody can really give a clear definition, but they can understand: the
general meaning, encompassing the early experiences and the knowledge that the local people have inherited
from their ancestors and in imparting them to the different institutions in the community, such as family and

religion, political, financial and social institutions. In addition, the Department of Non-Formal Education
links the word "Folk Wisdom" to the thought processes of experienced local people. This acquisition of
knowledge has been obtained through their career and their work experience, and by way of different natural
and traditional surroundings. These achievements are specifically related to adopted traditional techniques.
The Social Research Center has defined this ability to know how-to-do things in two ways: the abstract

theory putting the tools to methodic use into a concrete step by step practical application. The culture and
ways of life for various communities are shaped by their relationship with its environment and the local
needs. These include manpower in their natural surroundings and their dependency on human and natural

resources as well as the local wild life. In such a way applying the Thai culture and its train of thoughts in
their lives and by using the local resources, more jobs and opportunities will be provided for the community.
An example would be to use a local expanse of land for the local community to farm on, or to make clay and
wooden handicrafts from local resources.
Local Wisdom or Popular Wisdom

The basic local knowledge collected from others or acquired individually

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