WELCOME TO

THE LAND OF SMILES:

THAILAND
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Thong Trairong

 Chay

- khrap
Suea Phraratchathan

- HHing

- kha
Thai Chakkri,

MEET AND GREET!

Hi or Good afternoon

(sa wat - dee)

How are you?

(sa-baai-dee-reuu)

Fine, thanks.

(sa baai - dee)

Area: 514,000 sq km
Population: 60 millions (6-8
in Bangkok!)
Ethnic groups:Thai 75%,
Chinese 14%, other 11%
Religions:Buddhism 95%,
Muslim 3.8%, Christianity
0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other
0.6% (1991)
Languages:Thai, English
(secondary language of the
elite), ethnic and regional
dialects
Literacy:93.8%
Prime Minister: Thaksin

Government: democratic constitutional monarchy

Executive branch:chief of state: H.R.H. King Bhumibol

Adulyadej (Rama IX of the Chakri Dynasty)(since 9 June
1946)
note: there is also a Privy Council
head of government: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
(since 9 February 2001) (No. 31st)
Legislative branch:bicameral National Assembly consists of
1. the Senate (200 seats; members elected)
2. the House of Representatives (500 seats; members
elected)
Both serve four year terms.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Muay Thai:
The Art of Eight Limbs

 The traditional Thai greeting of placing one's

hands together, a wai, is usually returned by
you.
Disrespectful behavior toward a Buddha
image is a crime.
Respect the Royal Family
Do not touch people, even kids, on the head
Women should never touch Buddhist monks,
and should never hand anything directly to a
monk.
The bottom of one's feet are considered a
dirty place, so do not show the soles of
your feet to others

Grand

Palace

- Phrarchwng

Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of

- Buddha)
Wt
Emerald

Wat Pho (Temple of the

Reclining Buddha)
- One of the oldest and

largest temple on
Thailand. Buddha s size is
15 m high and 43 meters
2) Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha)
long
Wat Mahatat
-It is one of the ten royal
temples of the highest
class in Bangkok, used
for royal ceremonies
thanks to its strategic
location between the
Grand Palace and the
Royal Palace.

Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

- Tld

Ko Tarutao

- Chayhad

Similan Islands
- Kea

Koh Tao

Tom Yam Goong

The flavour is a unique combination of
spicy hot and sour and makes for an ideal
start to a meal, or - when paired with rice a worthy main dish.

Surin Pitsuwan
Thai politician who was
the 12th Secretary
General of the
Association of Southeast
Asia Nations from 2008
to 2013.

Tony Jaa - Ongbak

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
He was named WBCs Most
Outstanding Boxer of the
Decade.

Sunthorn Phu Thailands

Shakespeare
Author of Nirat Phukaothong (a
collection of poems depicting his
journey to the Golden Mountain),

30,000-line epic
written by Thailand's
best-known poet,
Sunthorn Phu. It is also
part of the
Thai folklore and has
been adapted into
films and comics.

Two princes get banned from Rattana by their father,

King Sudas. During their journey, one of the brothers,
Apai Mani, gets kidnapped by a giant sea witch who fell
in love with him. His brother Sri Suvan and a couple of
warriors want to rescue him.

The Ramakien (, "Glory

of Rama", sometimes also spelled
Ramakian) is Thailand's national
epic, derived from the Hindu epic
Ramayana. The word is derived
from Sanskrit word Rmkhyna,
(Rma + khyana) where
Akhyana means a long story or
epic.
A number of versions of the epic
were lost in the destruction of