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PATTANI
Pattani is the Muslim centre
of the South and home to hundreds of decorative mosques. There is
a strong economy revolving around seafood and a thriving handicraft
cottage industry, with batik, artificial flowers, woodcarvings and
wickerwork the main items made for export.
Around Pattani, there are many mosques, forest parks and trails
for trekking. Pattani Central Mosque is the largest and most beautiful
mosque in Thailand, while the Kreuze Mosque outside of town is the
most unusual as remains half finished, Begun by a Chinese man who
converted to Islam, it was cursed never to be , completed by his
sister Lim Ko Nieo. Her shrine is nearby and the scene of an annual
fair.
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