Mama Lisa Now Has a Facebook Group

We'd love it if you'd join the Mama Lisa Facebook Group. You can post anything you'd like about your culture. You can post your own musical recordings or YouTube videos… Links to culture and musical sites… Photos of your country… Questions about songs or cultural issues… Anything related to World Culture and [...]

Christmas in Thailand and a New Thai Version of Jingle Bells

Jet sent me a Thai version of Jingle Bells that she wrote. We don't have any Thai Christmas songs, so I thought it would be nice to post here. Here's the note Jet wrote to me, followed by her song, followed by explanations of some of the Thai words: I remembered hearing an Australian version of [...]

Teachers' Day and Teacher Appreciation Day (วันครู) in Thailand

Teachers' Day is a national holiday in Thailand. It takes place on January 16th every year. Since 1957, Thailand has been celebrating this day in honor of educators. It's a day to remember their importance in the lives of children. In Thailand, teachers are seen to have a position of high [...]

How to Find Sheet Music, Tunes and MP3's on Mama Lisa's World

In addition to this blog, I also host Mama Lisa's World. Mama Lisa's World is a large collection of children's songs and rhymes from countries all around the globe. Matt, a music teacher from Rhode Island, wrote a question to me, the other day, about Mama Lisa's World: Hey Mama, I love the concept of your site. [...]

Mama Lisa's World News and Multimedia Features

A significant part of the Mama Lisa sites is a large collection of songs and nursery rhymes from around the world. We currently have about 750 songs from around 90 countries and cultures. When you consider how many languages there are in those cultures – that's a lot of information! In order to make [...]

Photos of the Loy Krathong Festival in Thailand

Last year I blogged about the Loy Krathong Festival in Thailand. People float boats with lanterns on them down a river to carry their bad luck away. Here are wonderful online photos taken at Sukhothai Historical Park, where the festival is said to have first begun. Check ‘em out! You'll be transported to [...]

Floating Lanterns Festival in Thailand and “Loi Krathong Song” with an mp3

Wouldn't it be great if you could take all the bad luck in your life and just let it float, far away, down a river? In Thailand, you can! The Loi Krathong or Floating Lanterns Festival takes place on the night of the full moon in the 12th lunar month, which is usually in November. [...]