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The Khmu were the indigenous inhabitants of northern Laos. It is generally believed the Khmu once inhabited a much larger area. After the influx of Thai/Lao peoples into the lowlands of Southeast Asia, the Khmu were forced to higher ground (), above the rice-growing lowland Lao and below the Hmong/Mien groups that inhabit the highest regions, where they practiced swidden agriculture. [5]
Here, native Thai words are immediately followed by a vocabulary entry in this pattern: Phonetic Thai (Thai phonetic respelling, if different) [Comment] definition; variant definitions. Example: Thai ไทย (ไท) [Archaic] free, frank; Thai race, language, alphabet; citizen of Thailand.
Thaipusam or Thaipoosam (Tamil: Taippūcam, IPA: [t̪əjppuːsəm]) is a Tamil Hindu festival celebrated on the first full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai coinciding with Pusam star. The festival signifies that Lord Murugan is a Siddha and an enlightened being.
Thai traditionally reckon age by the 12-year animal-cycle names, with the twelfth and sixtieth anniversaries being of special significance; but the official calendar determines age at law. For instance, 12 August 2004 was observed without regard to the lunar date as Queen Sirikit 's birthday, a public holiday also observed as Thai Mother's Day .
Chart shows the peopling of Thailand. Thailand is a country of some 70 ethnic groups, including at least 24 groups of ethnolinguistically Tai peoples, mainly the Central, Southern, Northeastern, and Northern Thais; 22 groups of Austroasiatic peoples, with substantial populations of Northern Khmer and Kuy; 11 groups speaking Sino-Tibetan languages ('hill tribes'), with the largest in population ...
Asanha Bucha (in Thailand) Esala Poya (in Sri Lanka) Dhammasekya Boonsang Day (in Burma) Observed by: Theravada Buddhists, especially Cambodians, Lao, Burmese, Sri Lankans and Thais: Type: Buddhist: Date: Full moon day of the lunar month Āsādha: Related to
In Thailand, Māgha Pūjā is designated as a national holiday, [44] [41] on which sale of alcohol has been strictly prohibited since 2015. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] On the evening of Māgha Pūjā, urban temples in Thailand hold a candlelight procession and circumambulation around the main ubosot called a wian thian ( wian meaning to circle around; thian ...
The Northern Thai people refer to themselves as khon muang, meaning "people of the (cultivated) land," "people of our community" or "society" (mueang is a central term in Tai languages that has a broad meaning and is essential to the social structure of Tai peoples).