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Published: February 19th 2012
On January 23rd we witnessed far and away the most extravagent New Years celebration of our lives - and not just because the point of this New Year is not all out inebriation. Never had I imagined that so much time and effort (not to mention sweat) could be poured into an event culminating in 24 hours of celebration. For months now Tara and I had heard the fast, driving rhythm of Chinese drums in ...
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Bob Carlsen
Thanks for sharing this experience...
you have recounted the origins of the Thai people accurately, and also their acceptance of foreigners and their customs. Most Thai are also a mixture of other ethnic groups. The Thai regularly invaded Burma and the Khmer empire (and vice versa) and when ever they conquored these adjacent countries they would haul off slaves who everytually intermixed with the Thai population. When I was growing up in Thailand, I was told the only way you could tell if someone was pure Thai was whether the man could grow facial hair. Thai didn't have facial hair. I'm not sure if that was true...perhaps you could ask Tom and let me know.