Saturday, February 28, 2009

Western culture vs Thai culture



Thai culture differs from Western culture in several outstanding ways. Most important are language, cultural origin and cuisine. The location of the culture in terms of the geographical environment is worth mentioning. 

The area in which a culture is based provides exciting, exotic and striking differences. Thai language was comprised of more Asian dialects due to its location. Thailand is central to Indochina which receives influences in all three levels from both India and china. Hence' the language borrowed much from Indian and Chinese. The alphabet was ingeniously altered and modeled from Khmer, an other Asian dialect.

 In the same way, English was a European model derived from the Roman conquest of Germany and France. It later was revised into Middle English and refined to be Modern English.

  Thai culture is more prominent as culture produced language. Here, again being central to Indochina is an influence. Visiting Indian Theravadists brought curries, Hinayana Buddhism and the Indian aspects of Thai language. Chinese immigrants and tribes from Xipxongbana, Yunnan, added Chinese culture. Western culture is different because Europe is a collection of independent sites with their own culture. German culture comes from the Goths and Tutons; French from Gaul, and Scandinavia from the Norsemen (vikings). English culture stemmed from Celts, Britons and Gaels whom were ancient cultures in pre-Victorian England, Scotland and Wales. Finally, the cuisine is different because of available resources. 

Thailand could receive curry and spice from India or China because visiting merchants or caravans would import it. Therefore, Thai cuisine includes exotic spices and favors as well as identical equipment such as round-bottom pans. Western cooking included spice only after the explorers went to the spice islands, India or China. French and Italian cooking uses wines as seasoning and is cooked in high flames. The most significant differences between Thai and Western culture reflect district geographical locations. Particularly, the Chinese and Indian influences in Thai language and cuisine borrowed much from these cultures in Thailand as English had borrowed from Europe.

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