Do’s and Don’ts in Thailand, the essential things to know

Can’t wait for your Thailand Holidays? If you love Thailand and respect its people, there are things you should learn to be well accepted by your Thai connections. If you follow these tips, you will be highly appreciated and respected by your Thai friends and relationship. If you burp and fart often, if you get angry for nothing, you will be taken for a savage in our country or everywhere else, it is easily.

But in Thailand, there are things that seem completely innocuous to you and yet can be shocking.

As before, there was often a Buddha image on pocket tourist guides and putting this guide, this Buddha image, in the back pocket of his pants, on that unworthy part (the buttocks), was like insulting Buddha for Thais! Respectful guide editors have since realized this and are paying attention.

The monarchy

Thai people love their King, don’t criticize him, don’t make jokes about anything related to the Monarchy, you could end up in jail! Treat any object representing a member of the royal family with respect, even coins and banknotes bearing the effigy of the King. At the cinema, stand up like the others when they play the national anthem!

Buddhism

Thai monk Theravada Buddhism is a tolerant religion, but there are rules to follow when visiting a Buddhist country. Women should not touch monks and likewise, men should not touch nuns (women with shaved heads and dressed in white clothes). Think about it when you are on the bus or in the pick-up taxis, do not hesitate to change places if you are a man, to go and sit next to a monk if, as often happens, there is a problem. And if you are a woman, don’t go and sit near a monk, if there is no other place, ask a man to sit near the monk and take his place.

Dress correctly to visit the temples, no short clothes and remember to take off your shoes before entering one of the rooms. As with the Monarchy, all Buddhist objects, books and representation must be treated with respect. One day I was given a flyer to become a monk for Buddhist holidays, there were pictures of monks on it, and I put the flyer on the bench where I was sitting, right away, a Thai is came with a smile, took the paper and put it on a higher place.

The concept of the face in Thailand

Do not make a Thai lose face and worst of all, do it in front of his relatives, even if it is rare, it can seriously degenerate! In the event of a problem, dispute, you must always leave the door open to your interlocutor and keep smiling to play down the situation.

One of the ways to incur the anger of a Thai by making him lose face is, for example, yelling at him in front of his colleagues or his family, this is what often happens in tourist areas and which makes the Thais in these areas are much less welcoming than elsewhere. Good luck!