Thailand - Understand & Survival (Chapter)
FELIX HUG/LONELY PLANET IMAGES © RICHARD VAN KESTEREN/ALAMY © Top Festivals Thailand’s festivals are vibrant affairs in which re ...
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S o n g k r a n Water mayhem ushers in the traditional Thai New Year in mid-April. It is a time of cleansing, renewal and loadin ...
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Buddhist Lent July to October, one of the holiest periods of the Buddhist calendar, coincides with the rainy season. It is a per ...
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The People & Culture Thailand’s cohesive national identity provides a unifying patina for eth- nic and regional diff erences ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE ETHNIC MAKEUP is more mixing of Muslim folk beliefs into the regional culture thanks to the geographic ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE ETHNIC MAKEUP and a variety of hill tribes. A small number of Europeans and other non- Asians reside in ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE ETHNIC MAKEUP Hmong (Mong or Maew) Population: 151 , 000 Origin: south China Present locations: south C ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE ETHNIC MAKEUP Lahu (Musoe) Population: 103 , 000 Origin: Tibet Present locations: south China, Thailand ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE THE THAI CHARACTER Mien (Yao) Population: 3 5,5 00 Origin: central China Present locations: Thailand, s ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE THE THAI CHARACTER negative topics in conversation, doesn’t express fi rm convictions or opin- ions, an ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE LIFESTYLE Lifestyle Individual lifestyles vary according to family background, income and ge- ography. ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE RELIGION comprise 30% of the population (plus they start to outnumber men in their 30s). Successful gov ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE RELIGION duty of preserving the three pillars of Thai nationhood, namely sover- eignty, religion and th ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE ARTS care of temple chores. Generally speaking, mâa chee aren’t considered as prestigious as monks and ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE ARTS entrance railings and outlining roof gables. On the tip of the roof is the chôr fáh: a golden bird ...
THE PEOPLE & CULTURE ARTS moved towards a stark functionalism – the average building looked like a giant egg carton turned o ...
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