Thailand

is often called “The Land Of Smiles” because the people of often are smiling, and most tourists who go there have a fun time and are very happy. ’s old name used to be Siam. Now it is or in the Thai language it is Muang Thai, which means land of the free.
The main religion in is Buddhism. Ninety five percent of the people are Buddhists. They believe that Buddha (their god) lived around in the 500’s or 400’s B.C. His real name was Siddhartha Gautama. The people called him Buddha, which meant “Enlightened One”. People in take their religion very seriously. Almost half of the men in become a monk for at least a little bit of time like a few months. Each village has at least one wat. A ...

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is called “nirvana” which is total peace and happiness.
The houses in are different from the houses in the United States. Most of ’s houses are made of wood. These houses are built up on stilts because is a very rainy and wet country and it has a lot of floods. The houses also have real high roofs to keep cool. If the people don’t live by a river or stream then they usually live on a farm or a village. If someone lives on a farm then they probably grow rice because rice is the biggest crop grown in .
is wet and moist most of the time, but summers can be very hot. There are only three seasons in , the cool season (November to February), the hot season (April to May), and the rainy season (June to October).
The main language of is Thai. Thank you in Thai would be “Khawp khun”. The reason I used Thank you as an example is because in they are very polite.
’s school system has only four different levels. They are primary, secondary, vocational, and higher education. You have ...

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