What would you![]() What about Thailand? What would you say are the symbols of this country? This is a question I ask my students every year. I usually get the ball rolling by suggesting “tuk tuk” and “elephant”. We then brainstorm more ideas and write them on the blackboard. We end up with 45 symbols and the students then have to pick one each to write about. Here are some of the symbols they came up with: |
1. Thai flag
2. Elephant 3. Thai smile 4. Thai manners 5. Thai music 6. Thai language 7. "Wai" 8. Thai games 9. Food 10. Loy Krathong 11. Songkran 12. OTOP 13. Thai temples 14. Thai houses 15. Thai fruit 16. Thai sweets 17. Jasmine garland 18. Thai clothes 19. Thai ghost 20. Thai musical instruments 21. Muay Thai 22. Takraw 23. Thai art |
24. Thai Stories
25. Thai movies 26. Thai Dancing 27. Thai famers 28. Thai fisherman 29. Thai supermodel 30. Thai culture 31. Tuk tuk 32. Thai herbs 33. Buffalo 34. Horoscope 35. King and queen 36. Thai chess 37. Thai girl 38. Thai boy 39 Thai precious stones 40. Thai flowers 41. Thai dolls 42. Thai money 43. Thai kites 44. Thai soldiers 45. Thai market |
I have five books now showing the Symbols of Thailand from a student’s point of view. A selection of these can be found on our school’s web site. We also have many more in English and Thai at the learningthai.com web site.
But what about the official symbols of Thailand? Well, recently, the Thai government agreed on three national symbols to represent the Kingdom: the elephant as the national animal, the golden shower flower (known in Thai as Ratchaphruek) as the national flower, and the pavilion as the national architectural symbol. Only one of those was on my students’ list.
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