Why is there such a paucity of street performers in Thailand

[watcharacters]

 

All over much of the world street performers do exactly that.      They perform on sidewalks, undergrounds and wherever people pass by.

 

I've rarely if ever seen performers on the streets of Thailand.

 

I think they add  a definite positive flavor to a city.

 

Certainly Thailand doesn't lack people with talent.

 

So why don't they perform publicly?

 

I just happened to run across this one while surfing:

 

 

[Puchaiyank]

Look for scruffy dirty looking women with small babies...probably not their own...

[Briggsy]

Have you ever heard of the thessakij? I can assure you that all Thais know very well about them. When you understand who they are, what they do, what they prevent and how they fund themselves and their masters, you will have the answer to your question.

 

Also it is very hot in Thailand.

[balo]

I have seen a few guitar players around in the tourist areas. Most of them are foreigners. 

[Date Masamune]

On 4/6/2019 at 11:51 PM, balo said:

I have seen a few guitar players around in the tourist areas. Most of them are foreigners. 

Would be picked up for questioning by the BiB in a jiffi

for investigation of working illegally,