{"id":162,"date":"2007-05-15T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2010-11-25T11:07:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T04:07:59","slug":"whats-the-deal-with-those-big-ass-thai-amulet-necklaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/whats-the-deal-with-those-big-ass-thai-amulet-necklaces\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the deal with those big ass Thai amulet necklaces?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/ramathep-725529.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/uploaded_images\/ramathep-725527.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Glad you asked!  Those are <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jatukarm Ramathep<\/span> amulets.  Who is Jatukarm Ramathep?  Well, according to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmultimedia.com\/2007\/05\/15\/pda\/opinion_30034231.html\">recent Editoral<\/a>, entitled, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;The facts behind the Jatukam Ramathep talisman nonsense&#8221;<\/span> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmultimedia.com\">The Nation<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As a result they have confused the two guardian deities, Khattugama and Ramadeva, and conflated and corrupted their names, producing Jatukam Ramathep, a single deity without a historical background.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>History or no history, if you want to jump on this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmultimedia.com\/2007\/03\/13\/opinion\/opinion_30029147.php\">tailsman fad<\/a>, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/search.ebay.com\/search\/search.dll?sofocus=bs&amp;sbrftog=1&amp;from=R10&amp;satitle=Ramathep&amp;sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&amp;sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&amp;sadis=200&amp;fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&amp;ftrt=1&amp;ftrv=1&amp;saprclo=&amp;saprchi=&amp;fsop=1&amp;fsoo=1\">get yours on EBAY<\/a>.<br \/>You can even <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.ch\/RARE-THAI-BUDDHA-AMULET-JATUKAM-RAMATHEP-T-SHIRT-6_W0QQitemZ330116824805QQihZ014QQcategoryZ15687QQcmdZViewItem\">get the T-shirt<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/thailandjumpedtheshark.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Jatukarm%20Ramathep\">More thoughts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glad you asked! Those are Jatukarm Ramathep amulets. Who is Jatukarm Ramathep? 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