The
following articles about Thailand are featured on our many web sites.
They cover a variety of subjects and are mainly about Thai culture,
Buddhism, Thai music, Thai Language learning, Thai scouting, Thai
food, Thai festivals, Thai ceremonies, Tourist destinations in Thailand,
Thai school life, etc. The list is in no particular order. We will
add new articles about Thailand to the top of the list every week.
Bangkok
Guidebook - a free online guidebook to all atrractions in Bangkok
Thailand
Blogs - A group blog of members with connections to Thailand.
The
King and I - learn about the truth about the Hollywood movie Anna
and the King
Loy
Krathong - Thai students write about their epxperiences of Loy
Krathong festival
Thai
fonts - over 320 different Thai fonts for downloading
Learn
to Speak Thai - Top 10 useful phrases for learning Thai
Thai
Buddhism on stamps - 5 important Buddhist amulets
Monk
Ordination - a photo and video album of an ordination ceremony
Gold
Leaf - Gold in the form of a thin leaf is an item valued for its
purity as a religious offering
Lustral
Water - water that has been infused with magical powers or has
received a blessing from monks.
Thai
National Anthem - Listen and practice to sing the anthem.
Thai
Food - Learn some useful food names.
Phuang
Malai - Thais have unique ways of arranging flowers and using
them in decorations, which are different from other places.
Thailand
Symbols - symbols that when you see you will know straight away
that it's "Thailand".
Thai
Silk - Thailand's shimmering hand-woven silk is among its most
famous products.
Thai
Traditional Clothes - clothes we wear on special days.
Thai
Traditional Literature - is essentially religious.
Superstitions
about Trees and Plants - Thai people believe that it is not advisable
to plant certain kinds of trees and plants near the house or in the
compound. They are unlucky.
Giant
Statues - The characters from the Ramakian appear frequently in
temple paintings and in murals surrounding the galleries of the Temple
of the Emerald Buddha.
Muay
Thai - or Thai Boxing originated as a self defence and developed
to become a sport.
Takraw - is a ball game which is a work of art that is admired by
the lovers of folk art.
Thai
Family - The rural family in the typical village setting is an
extended family with many generations living in one house, or many
houses within the same compound.
Thai
Houses - different kinds of houses which can be found in Thailand
Thailand
World Records - The biggest, tallest and longest in Thailand.
Thai
Proverbs - See what is different from your country.
Khon
Mask Making - Thai drama masks.
Fruit
Carving - Beautiful Thai art.
Shadow
Puppet - One of the popular shows in the south.
The
Rose Garden - Thai cultural show.
Floating
Market - Shopping on the canal which used to be common in Thailand.
Fortune
Telling - The Thai way of life is based upon Buddhist religious
beliefs as well as the animistic elements ...
Spirit
Houses - Many Thais believe that when a Thai family builds a new
house, there is always the possibility that it has disturbed the spirits
who live on the property.
Thai
Amulets - Know about Thai amulets.
Wedding
Ceremony - See the pictures of a Thai wedding.
Tam
Boon - The school invites 9 monks to bless everyone.
Blessing
a Car - Know about what to do to protect your car from an accident.
Blessing
my motorcycle - after a lot of bad luck, he decided to have his
bike blessed by a monk
Blessing
a New House - inviting nine monks to bless a new house for your
own luck.
My
Grandfather's Funeral - See and compare it with your own country.
My
Great Grandmum's Funeral - the story of the funeral
Sunthorn
Phu Day (26th June) - Thailand's most famous writer.
King
Chulalongkorn the Great - or King Rama V who abolished slavery
in the past.
Anna
and the King - The truth about the movie which is banned in Thailand.
Nang
Naak - A Thai ghost story.
The
Original Siamese Twins - the most famous of all Thai children,
were the original Siamese twins, who in the 19th century became celebrities
throughout America and most of Europe.
Child's
Guardian Angel - Protecting a child during the first seven days.
Childhood
Illnesses - supersitions about what you should do if your child
gets ill.
Fire-Hair
Shaving - Cutting my hair for the first time after I was born.
Topknot
Cutting - Ceremony in Thailand with the real pictures when I had
my topknot cut.
Piercing
the ears - traditional for girls after three days
Life
as a Buddhist - See what Buddhists have to do.
Ordination
Procedure - Step by step, what they have to do to become a monk.
I
was a Novice Monk - After my grandfather died.
Bangsakun
- a religious service that is performed in sacred memory of the dead.
The
life of the Buddha - Prince Siddhattha Gotama was born in 623
BC. in the north of India.
Buddha
Images - Attitudes of Buddha Images.
Viewpoint
of a Western Buddhist - A Western Buddhist talks about Buddhism
exclusively for Thailand Life.
The
Story of Mahajanaka - The famous story written by the H.M. King
Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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