Culture of Thailand

Karen people are an ethnic group living in South-East Asia with their own distinct languages and culture. The Karen people who are from Burma are ethnically distinct from other groups living in Burma and Thailand. The Karen are unique in which it is not necessary to have Karen parents in order to be Karen. To be the Karen people, a person must identify himself or herself as Karen by knowing Karen culture and customs as well as speak a Karen language. The Karen are consisted of at least 20…

aspects between Eastern and Western civilization, more specifically Thailand and European South African culture. As a Westerner, people are more logical thinking about careers and being an individualistic, as opposed to Easterners who are more contexts based, acting more for the harmony of the community. (What is the difference between eastern culture and western culture?, 2012) It examines, in more depth, the differences in cultures, religions, beliefs, family values and lifestyles between the…

For the purpose of this essay I have chosen the issue of Irresponsible Tourism and how we can become more educated about responsible tourism preserving the world around us for future generations.In the main body of this essay I have outlined some major contemporary issues that tourists are Irresponsible about due to lack of knowledge and education around the topics. Tourism is vital to economies all over the world, it is one of the largest indigenous sectors creating employment everywhere all…

Introduction Volunteer tourism is also known as Voluntourism. Voluntourism is when tourists combine volunteering work with travel. It is growing rapidly in the tourism industry in the recent years. It is estimated that there are a total of 1.6 million volunteer tourists, spending about $1.7-2.6 billion each year. The average cost for each volunteer is about $3000 per trip. (Marketing, 2008) Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) started off in 1958 to improve in areas such as education and…

Globalization and its impacts on Culture Globalization is the interaction between people, companies and government of different nations. Globalization focuses on changes which occurred in economic and political affairs. Globalization also have significant impact on local cultures and values. The effects of globalization on local cultures have received less intention due to the fact that the issue of local culture is more confusing and sensitive. With the development in economics, culture and…

international. Then the other culture would be decline. ‘There are the manga and anime are popular in the USA. Then the US culture (manga, anime) almost decline. Most of the reasons are Japan’s popular culture is speaking in a visual and psychological language that people may feel fresh and entertaining. Even in the twenty-first century, the distorted notion of ‘Japan’ in the Western imagination is still strong. Thus, the American also do not support their local culture.’ (Kelts. R, 2006). Most…

substance containing nutritional elements for the human body. However, from the archeological record to today, there are many examples of items of food that are consumed for reasons other than simply fulfilling one’s dietary nourishments. In modern cultures, medical substances fit into this category, since they are properties that are ingested for reasons other than nutritional value. In Callahan’s article, ‘Eating dirt’, he not only discusses the nutritional elements of geophagy, nonetheless,…

Vicente Verdu’s article “We Are All Americans” he focuses on how American culture affects in positive and negative sides in many aspects, such as, in food, entertainment, fashion, value and languages have spread and expand around the world. However, in the Andrew Lam’s article “All things Asian Are Becoming Us” he states that although American culture has a strong power to impact on other cultures, it is hard to one culture to change or destroy…

lifestyle and how I connect with other students. I have learnt from being considered a student is that there is a lot of emphasis on drinking culture and the idea of being poor or stressed a lot of the time, however it is also these aspects of the student lifestyle that have helped me connect and socialise with other students. Being a part of student culture has also enabled me with a sense of belonging as when coming to university, almost everyone is in the in the same situations in regards to…

many advantages to being bicultural such as having a greater number of social networks, being aware of cultural differences, and taking part in the life of two or more cultures, being an intermediary between cultures and so on.” Grosjean is correct because having two cultures in life broadens a person's understanding for other cultures and traditions. In addition, it is also very beneficial when it comes to working and communicating with others in places like school, work, and everyday life.…