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the women might to be sexual harassed, in this festival. and it is dangerous

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When a Thai government official told women to dress carefully to prevent harassment at the Songkran festival, it brought back painful memories for model Cindy Sirinya Bishop.

The Thai-American was just 17 when she was sexually harassed at the New Year celebrations. Dressed in a loose black t-shirt and three-quarter shorts, Ms Bishop found herself cornered by five men after she was separated from her friends.

"They surrounded me and tried touching me. I just ran and managed to get away from them. I haven't been to Songkran since," Ms Bishop told the BBC.

The three-day festival, which begins on Friday, is marked by the pouring of water to symbolise washing away misfortune from the previous year.

Last month Sutthipong Chulcharoen, Thailand's director general of the department of local administration, encouraged women to dress appropriately to prevent sex crimes during the water festival.

In response, Ms Bishop posted some clips on Instagram - along with the hashtags #DontTellMeHowToDress and #TellMenToRespect - and found plenty of people shared her dismay.

The 39-year-old said the hashtags were "targeting the idea that women are to blame for sexual harassment".

#DontTellMeHowToDress

It wasn't long before other women began sharing their own stories.

"I was out with a friend and a female cousin [during Songkran], wearing a turtle-necked top, sweat pants and a sweater because I get cold easily," said one user on Twitter.

After losing track of her friends, she quickly found herself surrounded by a group of boys.

"They started to corner me... one of the guys grabbed my arm. I burst into tears. Thank god my cousin and friends came back so everything was alright. Since then, I've never gone out on Songkran."

The hidden dangers in Thailand's Songkran festival

Thailand tones down Songkran

Other Thai women began to share their experiences from everyday life that led to harassment.

"I once wore shorts to a 7-11 store near my house and a security guard looked at my legs and told his friend they were so appealing he wanted to touch them" said a Thai twitter user.

"I was in junior high then. After that I've never worn shorts outside my house. Why do only women have to protect themselves? I'm sick of this."

What were you wearing?

The act of washing away misfortune has seen Songkran evolve into one of the world's biggest water fights.

"Songkran is traditionally such a beautiful festival," said Ms Bishop. "[But] for a lot of Thai women, it has become dangerous because they know they are going to be taken advantage of".

A 2016 survey conducted by Thailand's Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation found over half the women in a group of 1,650 had experienced some form of sexual harassment during the festival.

Ms Bishop, who said she "never expected" her posts to attract so much attention, hopes to keep the conversation going beyond Songkran.

"A lot of times you hear people asking women what they were wearing when [sexual harassment occurs], not just during Songkran," said Ms Bishop.

"Across the globe, you have the feminist movement, the #MeToo movement, conversation on this topic is growing and in the same way, I hope in Thailand this movement continues beyond Songkran."

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Thai women reject 'sexy' Songkran advice

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When a Thai government official told women to dress carefully to prevent harassment at the Songkran festival, it brought back painful memories for model Cindy Sirinya Bishop. The Thai-American was just 17 when she was sexually harassed at the New Year celebrations.

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One Man’s Fight to Save Traditional Muay Thai Boxing | Short Film Showcase

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Buddhist Personality:  Bhikkhuni Dhammananda

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ㄐㄟMost of the house is build beside the river, so the place will flood during the rain season. it is reason why they will build the house on stilts.  and the person who live in this kind of house has to follow their some traditional rule  like the direction of hean cannot turn to west when you are sleeping.....etc, they will have some rule like that.

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it is a highest building in Thailand.  and this building is in the top 20 which has most symbolic building on the world.

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Thailand has accept the modern Thai architecture. we can see these kind of building so easily in Bangkok. and these kind of building is a factor that creating the landscape of capital city.

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Thai building  in Thailand is very special in other than other counties. it  already becomes the unique way to express there self.  And there are three type of architecture in Thailand

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there are 5 million people using this language.  it is more like Thailand's dialect  language.

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the central Thai is a official language and national language in Thailand. there are over 20 million people using this language in Thailand, and they using the  different tone to distinguish different type of Thai language.

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She is a first girl monk in the Thailand, and this woman has a high education , it is different with other Thai woman.  he had study Visva Bharati university before she become a monk. it is amazing that a person who accept a high education become monk.  and she has written about a hundred books in her entire life.

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The most popular religion in Thailand is Buddhist, according to the data, we can know there were 93.6% people believe this religion. they need to become a monk for a while before 20 years old

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World's Largest Elephant Festival in Surin Thailand - 4K!

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it is a festival to convene elephant in Thailand. And there will have lots of preform in these two days. they will play soccer, drawing, and procession.

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this kind of art become lesser and lesser. and the form of this show is very special, they perform it behind the white cloth, and they use the stick to control the Characters' movement. it has long history in

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there have some props when they are dancing, because the Thai people like to focus on their bodies portraying the character and emotion

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they call Khon is a figure dance. and the dancers are masked and armed. most of the masked is look very scary.  because it's mean monster or kinds of Devils. in their perform, it won't have any high level action. most of the action is very slow and easily.

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the type of dance in Thailand is variable. like Classical dance, folk dance and Bollywood dance. and the meaning of dane for them not just only the Art. it also is a meaning of religion.

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he is the man, who stops the Thai boxing disappeared in Thailand's culture. And the Thai boxing used to be insulting to this traditional martial art. among people who watching WWE  was more than MMA ( the Game of Thai boxing). and this man, he brought this culture into Thailand, and star to training them. he didn't only train to the local persons, he also trains to the foreigner.

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it is combat sport of Thailand, it combined use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins in fight. and this sport  is very easily to get hurt. in my opinion, this sport is more danger than international boxing.

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Newin Chidchob is a politicaler who increases the reputation of football in Thailand. In his

Buriram United F.C. club. he successes to entice more sponsor for the team, and he also make some relationship with his politics. which control two key government agency. Interior and transport ministries.

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the football is the most popular sport in Thailand.  and the picture above is the Thailand's national football team.

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it is kind of board game, and this game is begin from the India. this game is very similar to international chess, somebody think the Thai chess is variants in international chess.

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The rule of this game is very easy. first, they have to prepare the Rubber Bands, and there didn't have any  limit  on Rubber Bands. and they will put Rubber Bands one meter away from each other. and then they will try to touch other Rubber Bands at first. so boy who touch the Rubber Bands first is winner. and it is a interesting  game in Thailand.

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Hitting hard to break the pot!: At the 50th Naga Fest

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Traditional Thai game adapted from blindfold pot-hitting (the game form Germany) , but they hit the watermelon. And i think the reason why they change the pot to watermelon is because that Thailand is a farmer country. so they will use what they produce in Thailand.

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LANTERN FESTIVAL IN CHIANG MAI THAILAND - Yi Peng Lantern Festival

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Yi Peng (Lantern Festival) is a marvellous festival in Thailand. they will release the flying lantern in that day. It is symbolized that all unlucky things have gone. there will have thousand people attend this festival. so it cause the pretty view when they release it.

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the sodgkran (The Water Festival) is a national festival in Thailand. Thai people. it takes place on 13th april, though it will stretch at least a week. Thai people think they can cleaning away sin of the past year.  They also will pay tribute  to the elderly member.  And before the water celebration, they will visit temples to thank to God for past year and pray for the good thing in next year.

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THE BEST SONGKRAN VIDEO - THE WORLDS BIGGEST WATER FIGHT - THAILAND TRAVEL

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Pai Thai is one of Thailand's food. they use thin and wide noodle, crunchy bean sprouts, some tofu,  shrimp. all of these is what pai Thai should have. and this dish it steed in nationalism. they create this dish let them weaken the influence of China.

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it is the popular dessert  in Thailand.  they use "nam dawk mai” and “Ok long”  these two type of mango. because these mango are very sweet. and  they use sugar, coconut milk  and rice to made the sticky rice. they will put these three thing in to the urn. it is  the reason why the rice will taste sweet. .

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It is a red curry with meat, red curry paste, coconut milk,  and put some sliced kaffir lime leaves on the top.  vegetarians can asking for replace meat with tofu

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they infuses the fiery chillies into "Tom kha kai" , they also will put some sliced of thinly young galanga. and there also have crushed shallots, stalks of lemongrass, and tender strips of chicken inside it. And the milk coconut milk can reduce the spiciness. it is very delicious.

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I'm acting as part of an online community and the reason why I  want to make this is because I want to preserve the culture of Thailand. there are too many special cultures in Thailand. I also realize how culture is important. but because of the globalization, the world is changing that some cultures will disappear in the future.  so I want to preserve the unique culture in Thailand.  And this padlet  is my way to share the unique culture of Thailand in https://padlet.com/bryanchen5001/fs9coajr8pwy.