Rural Lifestyle In Thailand

1. Rural Lifestyle in ThailandKorat trip 2010 Note : On the top right corner of some slides there is a sound button. Click on it and a recording will appear. For some slides only. By: Tim

2. Art/Pottery Pottery is important because it is their major job for some people. I never realized that pottery can be this important.

3. Art/Pottery The stove can go up to as high as 1100 Celsius. They put the pottery in the stove for as long as 48 hours!

4. Belief Thai people belief in spirit houses and they worship them because they belief that the spirit house protects them for any other bad spirits trying to come in. I saw lots of spirit houses in this village. I saw a lot of spirit houses in the village.

5. Belief Most people in the village will have a Buddha image or a image of a monk in their house. Also, they will wear a Buddha necklace.

6. Jobs This is a “Som Tam” restaurant It is the job for some people in the village and I realized that they are selling it for a very cheap price

7. Jobs People in the village also do fishing. They catch the fish to sell and eat.

8. Jobs Another job in the village is weaving and can be done even by the elderly.

9. Transportation There are all kinds of transportation that people in the village use including motorcycles, cars, bikes etc.

10. Transportation More examples of transportation

11. Housing Peoplein their houses washing their clothes by hand I never realized that some people have to wash their clothes like this.

12. Housing This is how the people the village dry their clothes.

13. Housing People in the village cooking their food and washing their clothes. Mostly the women do it.

14. Housing I observed that most of the household jobs are usually done by the women such as taking care of the young or taking care of pets.

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