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Auspicious dates. Identification of auspicious dates and moments is common in Thai culture. This is especially important when setting a wedding date, as well as when building a house or purchasing a car. [1] Lucky numbers. Divination techniques are often used to predict numbers before buying a lottery ticket. Cutting one's hair or fingernails.
Seam Si at a temple in Thailand. In Hong Kong, by and large the most popular place for this fortune telling practice is the Wong Tai Sin Temple which draws thousands to millions of people each year. [2] In Thailand, kau chim is commonly known as seam si (Thai: เซียมซี; alternatively spelled siem si, siem see).
Culture Notes 7: Western, Japanese [3] [4] 8: Chinese, Japanese Sounds like the Chinese word for "fortune". See Numbers in Chinese culture#Eight. Used to mean the sacred and infinite in Japanese. A prime example is using the number 8 to refer to Countless/Infinite Gods (八百万の神, Yaoyorozu no Kami) (lit. Eight Million Gods). See 8#As a ...
The number 17. Fear of the number 17 is known as heptadecaphobia and is prominent in Italian culture. [6] The number 39. Fear of the number 39 is known as the curse of 39, especially in Afghan culture. [7] The number 43. In Japanese culture, maternity wards numbered 43 are considered taboo, as the word for the number means "stillbirth". [8] The ...
The Thai language lacks grammatical number.A count is usually expressed in the form of an uninflected noun followed by a number and a classifier. "Five teachers" is expressed as "teacher five person" khru ha khon (Thai: ครูห้าคน or with the numeral included Thai: ครู ๕ คน.)
Lucky numbers for those born in a Snake year are 2, 8, 9, and numbers containing them ... White symbolizes death in the Asian culture so wearing predominantly white is a no-no. Also avoid giving ...
A kuman thong (Thai: กุมารทอง) is a household deity of Thai folk religion. It is believed to bring luck and fortune to the owner if properly revered. It is believed to bring luck and fortune to the owner if properly revered.
According to ancient customs in Thailand, there is an astrological rule (which has influence from Hindu mythology) that assigns a color to each day of the week based on the color of the God who protects the day or Navagraha. [1]: 22 For example, the God of Sunday is Surya who has the color red. These colors of the day are traditional Thai ...