Introduction
This paper is an individual assignment of Cross Cultural Understanding lecture. By writing this paper I try to seek the cultures of Thailand as ASEAN country and be able to understand cultures diversity in this country. I try to find the similarity and the differences between Indonesian cultures and Thailand culture. This paper will be further divided into four parts:- Introduction
- General Information, not publish in this page but you can download here
- Special things about this country
- Conlusion
Special things about this country
Sawadi, meaning hello or goodbye, is likely to be the first Thai word you pick up during your travels to Thailand. Ladies add a ka to the greeting, pronounced with a soft and lingering tone to express their femininty. Men add krab, spoken with a deep and resonant tone to emphasise their masculinity. Thai people do not say good morning, good evening or good night. They greet each other with a wai, which is a prayer-like gesture with palms raised. It is customary for the younger or lower in status to begin the greeting. There are various levels of wai: the deeper the wai the more respect is conveyed.The stupa, or chedi, is an essential element of Buddhist architecture. It is a monument erected to house a Buddha relic and the golden pointed silhouettes can be seen all over Thailand.
Muay Thai boxing is a national sport of Thailand in which competitors may strike each other with knees and elbows as well as kicks and punches. It is a spectacular and devastating martial art demonstrating many aspects of Thai culture.
Gheckos . The wall ghecko (tuk ke) just like cicak in Indonesia or house lizard ching chok (in Indonesia it called tokek) can be found everywhere in Thailand. People from north Thailand can eat tuk ke but nobody eats ching chok. They appear at night time and make a shrill sound. If their tail is cut, it will grow again. Whatever you do, they will always find a way to enter inside the home. It is bad luck if a ching chok or tuk ke falls on you.
Conclusion
Thailand is a multicultural country, just like Indonesia, it has many cultures and social habits. The national religion of Thailand is Buddhism but there is total religious freedom and all major religions can be found in practice. Thailand is a kingdom - an constitutional monarchy. the king is only a figurehead, like Queen Elizabeth. The actual ruling is done via a democratically elected government. The royal family is held in high esteem by the people and one Thai law states, "Whoever defames, insults or threatens the King, Queen, Heir-apparent or Regent will be punished with 3 to 15 years imprisonment." The Thai language is the main language in Thailand and English is being taught as a second language in secondary school and universities.The thai alphabet is being used in the society as well. The same marriage and family system is almost the same with Indonesia in which there is traditional marriage ceremony. Thailand is the 2nd largest economy in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. As well as Indonesia, traditional markets still exist in Thailand.
The traditional housing in Thailand is Isaan home which is made of raised wooden post construction, so that animals, creeping insects could not enter the houses and Cattle are kept underneath some houses. There are still many houses like this today, dotted around the countryside. Cattle are kept underneath some houses.
The traditional way to eat food is to sit on the floor around a bamboo table. All the meals, eaten in North Thailand, are the same and consist of "sticky rice" with all manners green plants. Some of the Thailand people eat variety of animals and insects too, include snakes, lizards, frogs, toads, fish, snails, field crabs, all birds and their eggs, most insects, chicken, buffalo, pork and beef. Thailand has special transportation called tuk tuk, it’s quite similar vehicle in Jakarta. There are several traditional dances in Thailand. Now days the traditional dances is become a fascination for tourists.
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