How people live their lives really shows into the culture and values. Family life and what is important to the Thai family show what people value. The food the people eat also plays a huge roll in the culture a country may have. Family Life and Thai Values. Thailand values are strongly based off the age hierarchy. Which means the younger ones listen to what the older one has to say. Thai values also strongly respect people who are at a certain social standing or who are older than them, such as young people should have great respect for the elderly. IES (2018) states, within the family unit there is also endearing terms used to show respect and affection, phi can be used for an older sibling and nong can be for a younger sibling.
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In Thailand their religious beliefs play a strong role in their everyday lives. Hayes (2013) states, Thailand is predominantly Buddhist with an approximated 93.6 percent total, 4.9 percent being muslim, 1.2 percent Christian, and 0.3 percent who are other or no religion. Buddhism in Thailand has some aspects from Animism and Hinduism. The aspects from Animism which are within Buddhism in Thailand are spirit houses, which are small model houses. They provide a place for the spirits located at the site (see appendix A). In Thailand there are spiritual places on the body, the most sacred places is the head, so touching someone else's head is considered extremely rude to do. Another spiritual place on the body is the feet, which should not being pointed at people nor should they be pointed at the own body because they are the dirtiest place upon the body. Feet also should not be raised up onto tables/seats. Holy places in Thailand would be places such as a buddhist temple (wats) (see appendix B). Outside the temple might have a statue of the Buddha. The statue of Buddha should not be hovered over and the head should be bowed in respect towards it. When visiting a temple, footwear must be removed and the person should be dressed modestly. In the wats is where rites (some from a ritual calendar) will take place with a community. The temples will be the prime location for Buddhist …show more content…
Thailand like other places has certain etiquette which is used daily or with certain occasions. Things like greeting someone the Wai greeting would be used, which is a greeting where the two hands are pressed together, the head is bowed so the fingertips touch the head (see appendix C). IES (2018) states, greetings are also accompanied with the word sawadee (hello) with the words kah (for females) or kraap (for males). The Wai is also typically used by a younger person first then the older person will do a rap wai (acknowledgement) which is a slight bow with hand pressed together at chest level. The wai is all about respect, so the deeper the bow means more respect is being shown. The wai is used as the traditional way to greet someone so handshakes are not used often, but there is a certain rule to handshakes which is the male can not extend his hand out first, the female must be the one to do it. In Thailand it is also proper to use certain honorifics when addressing certain people. A instance to doing so is to address someone with a higher social standing than the individual with the word Khun, an example is a student talking to a teacher the student would address them by Khun followed by the person's
In Thailand their religious beliefs play a strong role in their everyday lives. Hayes (2013) states, Thailand is predominantly Buddhist with an approximated 93.6 percent total, 4.9 percent being muslim, 1.2 percent Christian, and 0.3 percent who are other or no religion. Buddhism in Thailand has some aspects from Animism and Hinduism. The aspects from Animism which are within Buddhism in Thailand are spirit houses, which are small model houses. They provide a place for the spirits located at the site (see appendix A). In Thailand there are spiritual places on the body, the most sacred places is the head, so touching someone else's head is considered extremely rude to do. Another spiritual place on the body is the feet, which should not being pointed at people nor should they be pointed at the own body because they are the dirtiest place upon the body. Feet also should not be raised up onto tables/seats. Holy places in Thailand would be places such as a buddhist temple (wats) (see appendix B). Outside the temple might have a statue of the Buddha. The statue of Buddha should not be hovered over and the head should be bowed in respect towards it. When visiting a temple, footwear must be removed and the person should be dressed modestly. In the wats is where rites (some from a ritual calendar) will take place with a community. The temples will be the prime location for Buddhist …show more content…
Thailand like other places has certain etiquette which is used daily or with certain occasions. Things like greeting someone the Wai greeting would be used, which is a greeting where the two hands are pressed together, the head is bowed so the fingertips touch the head (see appendix C). IES (2018) states, greetings are also accompanied with the word sawadee (hello) with the words kah (for females) or kraap (for males). The Wai is also typically used by a younger person first then the older person will do a rap wai (acknowledgement) which is a slight bow with hand pressed together at chest level. The wai is all about respect, so the deeper the bow means more respect is being shown. The wai is used as the traditional way to greet someone so handshakes are not used often, but there is a certain rule to handshakes which is the male can not extend his hand out first, the female must be the one to do it. In Thailand it is also proper to use certain honorifics when addressing certain people. A instance to doing so is to address someone with a higher social standing than the individual with the word Khun, an example is a student talking to a teacher the student would address them by Khun followed by the person's