A few of the traditional southern coconut graters brought together for use in preparing food at the funeral of a well-known figure in Songkhla province, in a bid to preserve the traditional way of cooking with coconut as a main ingredient. An event at a Buddhist temple in a village in Songkhla’s Ranot district on Monday provided clear evidence of the continuing popularity of coconut graters "with a difference" in this region of the country. Close to a hundred traditional coconut graters were brought together for the prepartion of food at the funeral of Suchol Klaeothanong, 85, the late well-respected former kamnan of tambon Ta Khria. (continues below)Among the various coconut graters on show were these two mythical female figures. (Photo by Assawin Pakkawan)They all used traditional, manual coconut graters like these, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post November 14, 2017 05:03 UTC