{"product_id":"malai-marigold-พวงมาลัยดาวเรือง","title":"Malai Marigold -  A New Life Chapter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg height=\"139\" width=\"423\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0131\/7562\/files\/Trust_Badges_2aa96893-67ed-4dee-8135-8ec59be042fc_480x480.png?v=1617258684\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalai Marigold: \u003cspan\u003eto celebrate a new chapter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e▶\u003cstrong\u003e Pre-order only.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe marigold, ดาวเรือง (dao rueang, “the glowing star”), is one of Thailand’s most \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eauspicious flowers, \u003cstrong\u003ea symbol of prosperity, advancement and success.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTraditionally offered as a mark of honour, marigold garlands may be placed around the neck of a respected guest or presented at a temple in gratitude.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eMalai Marigold is our tribute to this symbolic flower. Handcrafted in cotton and delicately adorned with dried flowers, it is m\u003cstrong\u003eade to be kept as a lasting memory of the moment.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen to offer it: \u003cstrong\u003ethe opening of a new shop, a new home, a promotion, a new beginning, or any meaningful new chapter.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order only\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Asha village, Chiang Rai, Thailand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade from dried flowers and cotton, no plastic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 10 x 22 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGift box included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macramebynicha.com\/collections\/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88\"\u003eSee all our handmade Phuang Malai\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade by Akha women\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; 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If the returned item does not arrive in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for the loss in value of the item.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e* Product photographs are for presentation purposes and may differ from the actual product. Because screens vary, product colours may appear different from those shown on your display.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e** Please allow a difference of 1 to 2 cm, as each piece is handmade and measured by hand.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the marigold carries\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Thai name says most of it. ดาวเรือง joins ดาว, a star, with เรือง, to glow and to prosper, so the flower reads as a star that shines and a life that rises. Thai sources give it the same meaning wherever it appears: prosperity, advancement, wealth that keeps growing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour carries the rest. Gold and orange are the colours of wealth in Thailand, and they are also the colours of the monk's robe, which is why the marigold is associated with monks and with the beauty of the Dharma. One flower holds both the worldly wish and the spiritual one, and that is unusual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld belief holds that a marigold planted at the house draws money to the family. That is why you see it at housewarmings, at shop openings, and threaded into garlands for anyone starting something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere the marigold came from\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe marigold Thailand treats as its own is a traveller. \u003cem\u003eTagetes erecta\u003c\/em\u003e is native to Mexico, where it grew in Aztec gardens and was already a ritual flower before any European saw it. After the Spanish conquest in the early sixteenth century, seeds went back to Europe with explorers and missionaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom there Spanish and Portuguese traders carried it east, and by the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it had reached India and the rest of Asia along the same sea routes that moved spice and porcelain. It found a home immediately. It grows fast in heat, it flowers generously, and it holds its colour for days after cutting, which is exactly what a temple offering needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin a few generations the flower had been absorbed so completely that its foreign origin disappeared from view. Today it is grown by the field in Thailand, sold by the sackful at Bangkok's flower market, and strung into garlands at every temple gate in the country. Very few flowers arrive somewhere and end up meaning what this one now means.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow the marigold garland is used in Thailand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eไหว้พระ, offering at the temple\u003c\/strong\u003e, at Buddha images and at the household shrine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eแก้บน, keeping a vow\u003c\/strong\u003e, brought back once a wish has been granted. This is one of the most common reasons a marigold garland is bought at all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eศาลพระภูมิ, the spirit house\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the ancestor shrine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHindu shrines in Thailand\u003c\/strong\u003e, where the marigold garland is the expected offering to Ganesh.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eไหว้รถ, blessing a new car\u003c\/strong\u003e, and blessing a new business on its opening day.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eคล้องคอ, placed around the neck\u003c\/strong\u003e of an honoured guest, a graduate, or a public figure, as a wish for their success.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMother's Day\u003c\/strong\u003e, given alongside the jasmine garland.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen to give the Malai Marigold\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAt an opening\u003c\/strong\u003e, a shop, an office, a restaurant, a business taking its first day.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAt a housewarming\u003c\/strong\u003e, where the marigold has always belonged.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFor a promotion or a new job\u003c\/strong\u003e, as a wish for a rising path.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTo a teacher, a mentor or an elder\u003c\/strong\u003e, as respect for what they have passed on.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTo someone beginning again\u003c\/strong\u003e, a move, a change of direction, a fresh start.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne honest note on what this piece is for. A garland offered on an altar to a Buddha image should be fresh, and Thai practice guides are specific about it: an offering flower should have good colour, fragrance and freshness. The Malai Marigold is made to be given to a person and kept. If you want the background on altar etiquette, we wrote it up here: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.macramebynicha.com\/blogs\/infos\/phuang-malai-wai-phra\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eoffering flowers to a Buddha image\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDried flowers and cotton, or fresh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fresh marigold garland from the flower market is beautiful for a day and gone by the evening. That is right for a ceremony that ends at lunchtime, and it costs very little.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is for the moment the recipient is meant to keep. It holds its shape and colour for years, it travels by post, and it does not leave the person you just honoured with something to throw away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to care for it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandle it gently.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dried flowers and cotton are delicate. Keep handling to a minimum.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKeep it out of direct sunlight.\u003c\/strong\u003e Direct sun fades both dried flowers and cotton. Somewhere dry and cool is best.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKeep it dry.\u003c\/strong\u003e Damp causes mould, which damages dried flowers and cotton alike.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust it regularly\u003c\/strong\u003e with a soft brush or a cloth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCared for properly, it stays beautiful for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSee our other garlands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.macramebynicha.com\/products\/malai-purity-petite-%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%8C-%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88-%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMalai Purity Petite\u003c\/a\u003e in white and our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.macramebynicha.com\/products\/malai-petite-birth-day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMalai Petite in your day-of-birth colour\u003c\/a\u003e, two garlands carrying meaning of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macrame by Nicha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42550687236282,"sku":"MBN-ML-014","price":1590.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0131\/7562\/files\/Malai_Saffron_-_Wisdom_and_Inner_Peace_-_Full_Body_-_Macrame_by_Nicha.jpg?v=1787990698","url":"https:\/\/www.macramebynicha.com\/en\/products\/malai-marigold-%e0%b8%9e%e0%b8%a7%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a5%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%94%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%a7%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b7%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%87","provider":"Macrame by Nicha","version":"1.0","type":"link"}