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Children obey their parents even as adults, and they must respect their elders, even older siblings! Parents take care of their children until they go off to college, and even pay for their children to go to college. Most Thai people have one to two children, but sometimes many families live in the same house.

Thai family on moped.

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It is traditional for the youngest daughter to inherit the house, and in return she will take care of her parents until they pass away, but now it is more likely for the eldest child to get the house. When Thai people get married, the groom must be accepted by the entire family, and Monks come by the morning of the wedding to bless the bride. The traditional Thai wedding dress is pink, and the groom most likely wears a western style suit.

Traditional Thai wedding dress.

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Modern outfits consist of western style clothing, and sandals, but real shoes are worn for special events. Thai dances have extremely complex costumes. Thai dance costumes are made out of real silk and have gold and silver beads. The costumes are shaped like a tube and are extremely elegant.

Thai dance costumes.

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Many Thai people wear traditional clothing in small villages, which consist of simple blouses and a sarong for women, and traditional shirts and pants for men. Sarongs can also be called a pa thung. Many men wear pants in public but change into sarongs at home.

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Thai dance is heavily influenced by Indian dance, and has a lot of hand movements. Each dance has different instruments that are played for the music. A Khim is a traditional Thai instrument where you hit brass strings with a mallet, a Saw Sam Sai is also a traditional Thai instrument and has three strings and is like a fiddle.

Thai dancers.

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Buddhist temples are extremely decorated. They can be decorated with gold, jewels and carvings. Thai literature is based off traditional stories, and many Thai people paint pictures of nature. Many people in Thailand make carvings and statues of Buddha, and many people also do basket weaving.

Buddhist Temple.

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Males have a 96.6% literacy rate while women have a 96.7% literacy rate. Women also have a longer life expectancy of 77 years old and men have a life expectancy rate of 71 years old. Children ages 3-5 go to anubon school to learn basic manners and children ages 6-8 go to prathom school which is like elementary school. Children ages 9-11 also go to prathom school.

School girls outside of school

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Many Thai people live in cramped apartments in the city with one room where they have to cook on the balcony, but some people still live in traditional Thai houses. Traditional Thai house are built on stilts to keep flood waters out, and make the house cooler at night. Many Thai eat boiled rice with chicken or pork for breakfast, and that meal is sometimes called sticky rice.

Traditional Thai house.

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94% of the people in Thailand are Buddhist, 5% are Muslim and 1% of the population is Christian. Buddhist monks have many customs including the fact that they are not allowed to own anything and have to receive food from villagers.

Buddhist Monks receiving food.

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One of Buddhist holidays is Vesak, which celebrates the birth and death of Buddha in one day. Vesak is celebrated on the first full moon in May, but on leap year Vesak is celebrated on the first full moon in June.

People celebrating Vesak

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Thailand was founded in the 14th century. Thailand was also called Siam until 1939. King Chulalongkorn who is also known as Rama V plays an important part in Thailand’s history. He kept Thailand independant during the 19 and 20th centuries.

Rama V

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Thailand has many holidays including Coronation day, which is when the King got coronated. Coronation day is a national holiday, and is on May 5. Another national holiday is Songkran which is on April 13 (which is my birthday), and they have water fights all day long.

Thai people having a water fight on Songkran Day.

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Thailand’s currency is baht. 10 baht is equivalent to U.S. $0.29. Thailand’s GDP per capita is 562,783.55 baht. That in U.S. dollars is $16,100.

Woman paying money.

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Thailand is has a capitalistic economy, which means that the harder you work the more money you get. Thailand exports many things including computers, circuits and wires, and many other items. The U.S.A and Japan purchase most of Thailand’s exports.

People working in a field.

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The current leader is King Bhumibol Adulyadej and he is also known as Rama XI. He has been the king longer than anyone else. The prime minister is Prayuth Chan-ocha. In the villages in Thailand village chiefs are elected.

Barack Obama meeting the leader of Thailand

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The government is a constitutional monarchy. In a constitutional monarchy the king and queen have less power, and there are also prime ministers. The party members can not be senators, and they have a 220 member national league assembly.

The Thai leaders and the Russian leaders meeting.