The Culture of Thailand

it’s informal nickname is the Land of
Smiles hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at the culture and
customs of Thailand nearly all people
living in Thailand practice Buddhism
which is why Thai sculpture almost
always portrays images of Buddha the
Thai Buddha is portrayed as being
sinuous and slender one of the
traditional arts of old Siam is boat
painting these multicolored handmade
boats feature symbols of birds animals
and mythical creatures that are meant to
protect the boats passengers Thailand is
one of the most respected makers of
textiles in the world their pottery and
earthenware shows their artistic
traditions while read woven baskets are
also common pieces Thai dancing is an
art form and is separated into low art
and high art traditional folk dances are
considered low art and are generally
very creative and original classical
dances are high art and are often
costumed and choreographed and follow
with tradition