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1st King Rainmaker
A few years ago, rice farmers in Thailand, a severe drought. The king, who has participated for many years to help the rural population of Thailand found a way to make rain, for which he has filed an international patent. Airplanes are used for chemicals silver iodide into clouds in a specific way to turn, so they are encouraged to move. This method proved successful.
2nd Mysterious Fireball
In acertain time of year, a strange phenomenon occurs is not yet scientifically explained. Now there was scientific theories, but scientists are still of this phenomenon and not able to properly explain a loss. E 'in the north-eastern Thailand, and the locals there have their own explanation for the mysterious fireballs resulting from the Mekong River: say they are balls of fire from the legendary Naga serpent.
Once a TV crew tries to discover "theHoax "and said the Cambodian soldiers the phenomenon simply shooting in the air. But it is wrong quickly. Notes are good on this phenomenon occurs for hundreds of years, and is a kind of version of Thailand's" Loch Ness "
3rd Thai bonsai
Most people are aware of Japanese bonsai trees. But Thailand has a tradition of miniature trees, which has never dat. Historical evidence that this tradition has been tosince the 13th Century. Dat can have his own style - there are not as sensitive Japanese bonsai, but often larger. Moreover, the objective of Japanese bonsai is usually on the small tree with natural and to enable dat never need to pay special attention did well. And 'dat artist NEVER aim at a tree that has been done to create human forms. Thailand is a country with which almost completely covered with forest and swamp land - was a tropical Wilderness. Only in recent decades, forests were cleared and turned into farms and towns. So nature is imitating what is considered beautiful Thais.
Demigod 4th-King
This is a traditional belief that the Thai king is a human incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. All the kings of this dynasty, from 18th Century, as "Rama" - as the present King Rama XI. Rama was the name of the Indian epic Ramayana halfgod that is their> Version Thai Ramakien.
5th Can not Touch This (Monk)
And 'forbidden women to touch Buddhist Monaco. Some women feel offended by that or because he thinks a woman is worthless, but this is not the case. It 'easy to arouse feelings on prevention, which would not be appropriate for the monks, feelings of sexual desire.
Bangkok Tram 6
There was once a tram in Bangkok. Bangkok today is chronic traffic jammeritis known, andabout the only way to not jam in the ultra-modern Skytrain (BTS) or the more recent underground (MRT). However, once there was a tram runs through Bangkok. The tram network in Bangkok was founded in 1894 and was closed in 1968. In fact, already in 1888 there was a guy named Alfred John Loftus (Nithetcholthee Phraya), who ran a tram pulled in Bangkok - for horses! But after several changes of ownership, the horse trainCar, which replaced with electric cars. New routes were opened and constructed, was detained until 1968, the last tram in Bangkok.
It is still possible some of the songs on Thanon Charoenkrung Soi 39.
7th Thai tomboys
While almost everyone knows the Lady boys in Thailand (and even tell some stories of men when he was surprised that the "woman" have been playing all night was really a woman at all), not many people know,There are also a lot of tomboy woman or girl, dress, act and look like men. Whole books have been written in Thai gender roles, and some boys and tomboys Lady Gay and hear them while they are not treated, are treated much more tolerant of the world, probably no other country. For example, I know the case of a 15 year old boy in a Ladyboy - and attracted, speaks and acts like a woman to decide now. However, classmates is never fun, exciting orbullying him to learn. This is a remote village and modern Bangkok, Thais speak a lot of tolerance towards people who "choose to be different."
9th Men Long nailed nails
This may be strange, but many (perfectly straight) men grow long fingernails. The most common is the little fingernail. Part of this is because in rural areas of Thailand, long fingernails, where in fact the sign of a certain social status: a farmer can not grow long nails,because they are easy to break during hard work in the fields. Indeed, in Isaan (northeastern Thailand), is also believed that a long and happy little finger nail. Besides this, many men have told me also to my question because they have long fingernails, it is useful: it is easy to scrape with a fingernail is long and sometimes only serves to show you something.
10th White is beautiful
While in the North, many people would take a stronger browning and applicationevery opportunity to soak up the sun and his dark skin and exotic, 's, white skin and light is good for Thai. Indeed,' s Thai spend about $ 50 million per year for skin whitening products.
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