Thai
culture is deeply rooted in the historical and religious traditions of the Thai
people, and has a profound influence on the way of the kingdom's life. Thai
cultural and behavioral habits are distinct and differ in many respects from
those accepted in the West.
Thais
welcome each other by a salutation known as wai, rather than by shaking hands,
as "westerners" do. Thais call that gesture of bowing sawadee. It is
one of the most distinctive and evident Thai customs, and it is also one of the
first things they teach their kids. It makes Thai parents very proud to see
their little children bowing.
All
greetings, such as Hi, Hello, How Are You, Welcome, Good Morning and so forth,
as well as Good Bye and See You Later, are also called sawadee in Thai. To
distinguish between men and women, Thai language uses the gender markers.
Loy Krathong Festival
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Loy
Krathong Festival is celebrated in all of Thailand in November. Loy Krathong
celebrates the end of the rainy season which is also the full moon of the 12 th
month of the Thai Lunar Calendar. Loy or Loi means to float and Krathong or
Kratong means a raft the sive of ones open hand. The point of the festival is
to prepare and then float at full moon down a stream, river or other water
water, an elaborately prepared offering on the raft to be released and float
away by water to release with it as a symbolic gester, ones bad feelings,
anger, stress and grievances.
The
festival has its beginnings in the Indianisation process of South East Asia and
an original Brahmanical festival from Northern India. Many Thais also accept
natural forces as spirits or '' gods '' and the floating of the Krathong is
symbolic gesture to the Goddess of water, Phra Mae Khongkha. The Thais proclaim
the festival originated in Thailand at Sukhothai at the time of the Sukhothai
Kingdom, but here then also Indian and Brahmanical influences with powerful.
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