A smile carries a lot of meaning as a sign of happiness, welcome and satisfaction. This unique gesture of happiness is always seen in the “land of smile”, Thailand. It is a place of monasteries and monks who carry an enthusiasm of togetherness. The people of Thailand show friendliness with a lot of smiles on the faces of the native person that welcomes visitors without or less spoken words. Warm welcomes from all known and unknown people.

Thai culture is itself a unique indication of their lifestyle and their love for their guests or visitors to their country. The first welcome greetings” Sawadika” speaks all about the warmth and happiness that their culture possesses.

Bowing down in “land of smile”

As culture and religion differ country wise, mostly people bow down in front of god. But the people bow down as a gesture of respect for the other person. The same gesture is from the other side that is seen only in the land of smile. Bowing and smiling both are a sign of being generous and being a special one to them. People are not at all found to stay aloof or escape the wonderful gesture.

Tourists feel free moving around in the friendly and bright ambience. Both male and female workers work equally. None of the professions suffers disrespect. People earn their livelihood and live happily with a smile on the face; if a monk or a flower seller.

Land of Smile irrespective of genders

No, they do not mind to give a friendly smile to the man to man or man to woman. The smile and gratitude are equal for all men and women. Tourists are found moving around happily and above all, they have a smile on their face.

Their decent approach even to the unusual facts or anything they disagree is with a smile. Denying anything standing on the land of smile that is “No” will be with a smile.

Place of monks

It is obvious that peace and harmony will survive in the place of monks. Despite hardships and poverty among the Thai people, their religion teaches them peace and happiness. Their warmth in their smiles always welcomes tourists for more than one time.

Their gentle behaviour is a sign of great hospitality which makes the outsiders feel comfortable. This is one of the reasons that a person who visits once will like to visit for the second time or more.

What about the Thai smile in the air?

Inspiring the culture and the land of smile the Thai smile air spreads the message through the air. It is more than 7 years since the flight is taking off from the airport of the land of smiles “Suvarnabhumi Airport”. Pretty women with an influential smile on beautiful faces represent Thailand to different parts of the world.

A place that holds no discrimination of status, genders and religion have genuine gentleness, kindness to all people from rich to poor. It may a smile that indicates happiness, or a smile to just say Sorry or No, each is expressed without rudeness and anger. Thailand is the land of smile and people believe to be kind and gentle!

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In November, the month for the festival of the monkeys that is known as the “Monkey Buffet” Festival. Monkeys population in Thailand is more than 6000 but due to the lack of food, they are rarely seen in public areas. This festival is for the monkeys as a tribute to the disciple of God Rama with platters of foods, fruits are served for the ancient rampages.

The ceremony starts with a warm welcome from the Thai people. Music, dances, and food are the around, dances are addressed to the monkeys. The performers dance in different costumes. Interesting costume and the dance part is the performances in monkey costumes.

For more than three decades the festival takes place arranged by the Mongoloids and Thai people. No other part of the world has such a unique culture and festival that continues in Thailand.

Reason of celebration

The Indian epic Ramayana mentions the role of Hanuman and his troupe of monkeys. When Rama was on his way to rescue Sita his wife, and he had to face obstacles. The major obstacle was to cross the ocean to reach Sri Lanka. The Vanaras or apes constructed a floating bridge so that Rama can cross the ocean and reach his destination. Ram Setu still is visible from above the joins as a pathway between the Pamban island to the Mannar island in Srilanka.

The task was not easy to complete the bridge without the help of the Hanuman, the disciple of Rama, and the Vanara Sena. Somewhere, the belief of the monkeys to be the primitive of human races are considered as valuable. Here are the people carrying the gene of Malay or Indonesian mongoloids from regions of Thailand participate apart from the Thai.

The national epic of Thailand is Ramayana, according to them the monkey buffet festival is a tribute to Lord Rama and his disciple. The epic is known as “Ramakien”, and they pay this tribute each year to their lord who exists from 3000 years earlier.

Honoring the Monkeys

Heaps of fruits and vegetables are beautifully decorated on the tables with drinks and water. The festival is organized every year in the ancient parts, at the Phra Prang Sam Yod temple. Travelers visiting in November find it one of the most interesting places to visit. When several monkeys run around, eating, squeezing the juices, pulling off the plates from the tables arranged with foods.

Lopburi is the oldest city in Thailand that has the highest population of apes and so this unique festival is celebrated in the Phra prang Sam Yod temple. The Monkey buffet festival ensures a beautiful gathering and participation of the animals and humans. The performers make the sounds of monkeys to call them and involve them in the buffet. They jump to the ground at once at their call and observing the heaps of food for them.

Tribute to the ancestors or their God, it is fun to watch the monkeys being happy with the food and playing with the visitors around.

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