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Varieties of banana desserts	Bananas are available in Thailand all year round. Thai bananas come in all shapes, sizes and colours. There are spherical, ping pong ball-sized kluai khai tao (turtle's egg banana); curved, delectably perfumed kluai leb mue nang (dancer's fingernail banana), and many more exotic species. Familiar varieties that are commonly found in all fruit markets are the rather big-sized, popular all-day snack kluai hom (fragrant banana); the thinner, small-sized, golden-yellow kluai khai (egg banana); the sticky and sweet, highly nutritious kluai nam wa; and the southern delicacy kluai leb mue nang that has become widely popular for its miniature size, fine shape and sweet taste. Above all, Thai bananas are very cheap comparing to those in western countries.

Banana in syrup	However, banana is not only the fruit that provides healing effects but its skin is also made use as a natural alternative for curing bites and warts. The inside of a banana skin can be used to apply to mosquito bites to help reduce swelling and irritation before you can get a proper insect bite cream. It is also used as a wart remover by placing it on the wart with a plaster or surgical tape. Besides eating banana as a fruit, Thais also make many kinds of desserts from banana, such as glazed bananas, fried bananas dipped in batter, buat chi bananas (bananas boiled in coconut milk), roasted bananas, candied bananas, etc. The fibrous outer layer of the stem of the banana plant is left to dry and split into strips and used as ropes to tie such things as vegetables.


	Fruit of banana Apart from being a nutritious food for babies as mentioned above, banana is proven as possessing many curative properties as it contains various kinds of vitamins and minerals. Thus, it can help overcome and prevent many kinds of illnesses and conditions. The abundant nutritional contents described below explain some benefits of eating bananas. Vitamins: The Vitamin B contained in bananas can help calm the nervous system. Moreover, its vitamin B6 also performs an important role in regulating blood glucose levels, which is related to one's mood condition. Therefore, its role in normalising blood glucose levels can also help avoid morning sickness and hangovers. The banana and all its parts are used in numerous traditional ceremonies. For example, in a traditional wedding, the banana plant is used in a procession of dowry from the groom's to the bride's house. Banana leaf is also used to make a baisi, an embellishment of the banana leaf on a traditional tray used in ceremony of welcome or engagement. A stem of banana, when carved, is used to decorate a house when there is an auspicious ceremony.

	As time passed, the roles of using parts of banana as such materials as food wrappers or children toys, as well as its role in some ceremonies, has been reduced and has been mostly replaced by plastics or other easier-to-find materials. However, there is an attempt to help conserve the art of decoration from parts of banana, especially for traditional ceremonial purposes, as it is considered a fine art from ancient Thai folk wisdom. In addition, its role as a nutritious fruit has become widely known.
Children riding on horses made of banana stems