isan palettes
Phad Wa Sok: Fortune telling cards through Dhamma letters and Isan paintings
The fortune telling cards inspired by Isan Hooptaem tell stories and predictions through the Vessantara Jataka, folklore, and Sinsai literature. Each image has characters, symbols, and scenes that contain spiritual, ethical, and life truths, which can be interpreted to predict fate. Like general fortune telling cards, the use of Isan Hooptaem as a representative of each card conveys meaning through Jataka images, folk tales, wisdom, and way of life. Isan Dharma script is used as the text for each card to enhance the cultural atmosphere. It transforms local identity into a prediction tool through the use of a universal structure like tarot cards that are easy to understand around the world to predict fate, and also promotes Dharma script and local languages ââthrough practical use.




