Thailand (Socio-Cultural Setting)

A brief background of the socio-cultural setting of Thailand

1. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand Reported by: John Paul Tianchon (Crim. 2-C, Group 7)

2. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand Way of Life The Thai have always been an agricultural people of the lowland valleys and intermontane basins, where they cultivated wet rice with the use of water buffalo and harvested a

3. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand wide range of fish and shellfish from the rivers and the sea. These occupations were often supplemented, especially in the north and northeast, by the collection of forest products, ranging from timber, such as

4. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand teak and bamboo, to foods stored for consumption during the dry season. In the northern mountain valleys, Tai-speaking peoples developed an intricate system of small-scale irrigation, called muang fai . The eventual

5. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand move to the great central plain necessitated the development of canals for transportation and, from the late-19th century onwards, of much larger irrigation and flood-control systems. Small nuclear families

6. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand occupied villages, comprising a wat and wooden houses on stilts. The pattern of life was governed above all by the seasonal rhythm of the monsoons and by a series of important religious festivals.

7. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand Many of these festivals were closely associated with fertility and the arrival and ending of the rains.

8. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand The Thai are now an increasingly urbanized people, with a strong interest in shopping and trade. Thai cookery is considered one of the world’s great cuisines, known for its range of subtle spices and sauces. Favorite Thai

9. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand foods include salads of meat, fish, and vegetables; soups; curries (stews flavored with a blend of ground spices); and tropical fruits.

10. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand Social Issues Thailand faces a number of social problems. Corruption affects government, business, and even the Buddhist monkhood (known as the sangha ), and the press

11. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand frequently reports scandals. Drugs and drug trafficking are ongoing concerns. In rural areas, many tropical diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, and cholera, remain a threat. Wide social gaps—between rich and

12. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand poor, city and countryside—compound these problems.

13. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand Culture In the 13th century two Thai chiefs united to form the kingdom of Sukhothai , the first Thai state. Lasting until the 15th century, Sukhothai set forth a cultural foundation that

14. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand developed throughout Thailand’s history and continues today. Under Ramkhamhaeng , who ruled over Sukhothai during the late 13th century and greatly expanded its territory, the kingdom experienced a period of

15. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand artistic growth. Ramkhamhaeng is credited with developing the Thai alphabet and producing the first written inscription. The various people living within the kingdom were united in part by Theravada

16. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand Buddhism, which had spread to the area from Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). Fostered by the tenets of this new religion, Sukhothai reached a golden age of artistic achievement during the 14th and 15th centuries. In this

17. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand period, artisans produced artifacts of exceptional quality in stone, bronze, and fired clay.

18. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand In the mid-14th century the kingdom of Ayutthaya was founded in southern Thailand. It rapidly became a major power in the region, ultimately absorbing the kingdom of Sukhothai as well as the Khmer (Cambodian)

19. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand kingdom of Angkor. Located on an island in the Chao Phraya River with access to the sea, Ayutthaya lay well situated to serve as a port for the increasing regional trade and for religious pilgrimages and commercial

20. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand ventures from Europe. Extended contact with foreign cultures and the solidarity of the kingdom inspired a flowering of the arts. Ayutthaya lasted until the second half of the 18th century, when it was sacked by the Burmese.

21. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand Today, the fundamental characteristics of traditional Thai culture still prevail in many mediums. However, certain art forms, such as painting, sometimes synthesize the ideals of Thai beauty and form with

22. Socio-Cultural Setting: Thailand Western-influenced modern concepts.

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