Thailand's culture is influenced by its neighbors in Southeast Asia and primarily by Indian culture, animism, and Buddhism. The document provides details on Thai religion, customs, and social norms. It notes that Thailand is over 90% Buddhist and discusses common greetings and practices like bowing. It also outlines concepts important to Thai culture like "sanuk" which values fun, and "mai pen rai" which downplays disagreements. The document closes by discussing respect for hierarchy in Thailand and cultural practices involving monks.

7. Thailand

8. Thailand's culture "incorporates a great deal of
influence from India, China, Cambodia, and the rest of
Southeast Asia."It is influenced primarily by animism,
Indian culture and Buddhism.
Statue of a mythical
Kinnon at Wat Phra
Kaew, Bangkok

9. RELIGION

10. Thailand is nearly 94%-95% Buddhist
with minorities of Muslims (5-6%),
Christians (1%), Mahayana
Buddhists, and other religions.

11. Costums
Thai greeting, the
smile is an important
symbol of refinement
in Thai culture.

12. • Wai
• Used in greetings, leave-taking, or as an
acknowledgement, it comes in many forms,
reflecting the relative status of those involved
• salutation involves a prayer-like gesture with
the hands
• it also may include a slight bow of the head
• “Land of smiles"

14. • Public displays of affection are not overly
common in traditional Thai society, especially
between lovers.It is becoming more
common, especially among the younger
generation.

15. • A notable social norm holds that
touching someone on the head may
be considered rude. It is also
considered rude to place one's feet at
a level above someone else's head,
especially if that person is of higher
social standing.

16. • Sanuk- the idea that life should be
fun. Because of this, Thais can be
quite playful at work and during
day-to-day activities. Displaying
positive emotions in social
interactions is also important in Thai
culture.

18. • Often, Thais will deal with
disagreements, minor mistakes, or
misfortunes by using the phrase mai
pen rai, translated as "it doesn't matter“
• indicates that the incident is not
important and therefore there is no
conflict or shame involved.

19. Respect for hierarchy is a very important value for Thai
people. The custom of bun khun emphasizes the
indebtedness towards parents, as well as towards
guardians, teachers, and caretakers. It describes the
feelings and practices involved in certain relationships
organized around generalized reciprocity, the slow-
acting accounting of an exchange calculated
according to locally interpreted scales and measures.
It is also considered rude to step on any type of Thai
currency (Thai coin or banknote) as they include a
likeness of the King of Thailand.

20. • Thai monks are forbidden physical contact
with women. Women are therefore expected
to make way for passing monks to ensure
that accidental contact does not occur.

21. • When sitting in a temple, one is expected to point
one's feet away from images of the Buddha. Shrines
inside Thai residences are arranged so as to ensure
that the feet are not pointed towards the religious
icons, such as placing the shrine on the same wall as
the head of a bed, if a house is too small to remove
the shrine from the bedroom entirely.

22. Elements of a
short story

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24. S E T T I N G

25. Setti
ng

26. • Refers to place , time , weather
condition , social condition , and even
mood or atmosphere.

27. plot

28. P L O T

29. plot

30. It s the sequence of events in a
story or play. The plot is planned,
logical series of events having a
beginning, middle and end.
There are five essential parts of a
plot:

31. a. Exposition/ Introduction- in the introduction, the
setting and characters are revealed.
b. Rising Action- this is where the events in a story
become complicated and the conflict in the story is
revealed. This is where events between introduction
and climax take place.
c. Climax- it is the turning point of the story and the
highest point of interest.
d. Falling Action- The problems are complication begin
to be resolved.
e. Denouement- This is the final outcome or untangling
of events in the story.

33. CONFL
ICT

34. It is the opposition of forces which ties one incident to
another and make a plot move.
There are two types of conflict:
External- refers to outside forces that may cause
conflict , like another human circumstances,
environment. Etc.
Internal- refers a struggle within oneself. The character
maybe debating inside himself about what to do.

36. CHARACT
ER

37. There are two meanings for the word character. The
person in a work of fiction and the characteristics of a
person. He may be the protagonist, the good-natured
character, or the antagonist, the opponent of the
main character.
The author may reveal a character in several ways: his
physical appearance, what he/she says, thinks feel
and dreams; what he/she does or does not do; and
what others say about him/her.

39. POINT
OF VIEW

40. The angle from which the story is
told.

41. THEME

42. It is the controlling idea or value
in a piece of fiction. The theme
maybe the author’s idea about
a topic or view of human nature.