Emotions
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Thais are taught from an early age not to show their emotions, not to reveal their true feelings to others. It’s difficult for westerners to understand this as it’s a complex cultural attribute, unique to peoples of the East, particularly the Far East. Let’s think about the Thai Smile They are just showing their happiness…
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THE THAI SMILE The world always looks brighter from behind a smile Lanna, the northern part of Thailand, is known as the land of a million rice fields (lan = million, na = rice fields). After you have read this chapter, you may feel you want to call Thailand the land of a million smiles.…