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THE LOST HEAVENS

Limited opening hours. With English as his first language, he studied Malay rather than Mandarin at school in Singapore. I feel a strong affinity for the Yao.

page of THE LOST HEAVENS art gallery in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Please contact Mr Nerng +66 (0) 9 4089 0083 if you wish to visit this small tribal art gallery. Michael Goh and the Way of the Yao

Although born in Taiping, Malaysia, to a Singaporean Chinese family, Michael Goh never felt any particular empathy with things Chinese until he discovered the Yao. In 1977 he moved to Bangkok, whe

re he became involved in the gem business and learned Thai. Association with gems brought him to Chiang Mai, where he first came into contact with the Yao people and their culture. In 1988 Michael first began collecting Hill Tribe artefacts and studying the ethnography of the Golden Triangle region. Yao society and culture struck a particular cord in him, and he began to develop a special interest in 'the Way of the Yao'. At first it proved difficult to acquire Yao artefacts in Thailand – there are relatively few Yao adhering to the 'old ways', and the northern region has been heavily touristed for many years. In 1992, however, through contacts built up amongst the Yao of Thailand, and neighbouring Laos, rare Lantène Yao artefacts from Muang Singh and Luang Nam Tha became available for the first time. Michael began collecting and studying the Lantène pieces almost immediately. Some were destined for sale in his flourishing antique business, but many pieces – including the best – were carefully put aside to make a unique ethnological collection which one day will be returned to the Yao, when they have an appropriate museum to house them. "In many ways the Yao are very Chinese," he says. "They have been accepted by the Han Chinese for fifteen hundred years, and have absorbed many aspects of Chinese culture. To tell the truth, they have brought out the Chinese in me, more-or-less for the first time."
..quoted from a CPA Media article
(http://www.cpamedia.com/article.php?pg=features&aid=120619114156)

Michael died of natural causes in Chiang Mai on 25th January 2017 aged 66. He will be sadly missed by his wife and daughter, his parents, in-laws and siblings in Singapore, Thailand and Australia, and all his friends and associates from all over. He also left behind a huge collection of artifacts and textiles, some of which can be found at a small shop at the Night Bazaar Chiang Mai along Changklan Road.

03/03/2025

Just a note that I've recently got a copyright warning. But to be cautious I won't answer them in case I'm being scammed. I've sent web-link to the authorities to get it examined.

19/02/2025

Available now for purchase. Gyantse Kumbum Chorten was commissioned by a Gyantse prince in 1427, the Gyantse Kumbum is the town’s main attraction. The 35 meters high chorten, with its white layers trimmed with decorative stripes and its crown-like golden dome, is awe-inspiring. The interior is equ...

29/01/2025

Available now for purchase. Two pairs of monks, one pair blowing trumpets, another pair blowing big horns. Rooftop of a temple at Chongye Valley of the Kings. The Tibetan horn or dungchen (Tibetan: དུང་ཆེན།, Wylie: dung chen, ZYPY: tungqên; Mongolian: hiidiin buree; Chinese: 筒欽;...

28/01/2025

Available now for purchase. A Tibetan prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along trails and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated within the religious tradition o...

27/01/2025

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26/01/2025

Available now for purchase. The Potala Palace is a dzong fortress in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. It was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas from 1649 to 1959, has been a museum since then, and a World Heritage Site since 1994. The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, th...

25/01/2025

Available now for purchase. Mother & Child were among a group of devotees queueing to receive blessings of holy water from the monks of Sera Monastery. More information on Sera Monastery... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sera_Monastery - Mother & Child

25/01/2025

Today's our brother Michael Goh's death anniversary. Eight years ago in 2017 he left us for the lost heavens above. Do remember him as we welcome Chinese New Year of the Wood Snake in a few days time

24/01/2025

Available now for purchase. One of the 4 large chortens (stupas) surrounding the Samye Monastery... Samye Monastery is laid out on the shape of a giant mandala; in its center lies the main temple representing the legendary Mount Meru. Other buildings stand at the corners and cardinal points of the m...

23/01/2025

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22/01/2025

Available now for purchase. Sky burial (Tibetan: བྱ་གཏོར་, Wylie: bya gtor, lit. "bird-scattered") is a funeral practice in which a human co**se is placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposed to the elements or to be eaten by scavenging animals, especially carrion birds like v...