Perhaps if the Thais want to uphold their cultural values, they might look to their Burmese friends to see how it's done.

burma parl..jpgthai mps.jpg

Changed by the previous military dictator:

The day that 'traditional Thai dress' died and was replaced by 'traditional Western dress.' Thank you for posting this gem! Now I've got to translate it. This is great!

I may have to print this out and put it in my wallet for the next time I venture out in CM without a shirt.

BIB: "You no respect Thai tradition farang. 500 baht fine."

: "But Somchai, I am dressed in traditional Thai style."

Thai_culture_poster.jpg

That would be worth 500 baht and a picture in the local CM rag with me holding up said poster and pointing to the man with a traditional Thai shirtless chest. lol

Only problem with that is that, in the poster above, the publisher is extolling Thais NOT to dress as in the left-hand picture, but rather to dress "civilised" (อารยะ), as in the right-hand picture.

And hence my initial comment, "The day that 'traditional Thai dress' died and was replaced by 'traditional Western dress."

Perhaps if the Thais want to uphold their cultural values, they might look to their Burmese friends to see how it's done.

burma parl..jpgthai mps.jpg

Changed by the previous military dictator:

The day that 'traditional Thai dress' died and was replaced by 'traditional Western dress.' Thank you for posting this gem! Now I've got to translate it. This is great!

I may have to print this out and put it in my wallet for the next time I venture out in CM without a shirt.

BIB: "You no respect Thai tradition farang. 500 baht fine."

: "But Somchai, I am dressed in traditional Thai style."

Thai_culture_poster.jpg

That would be worth 500 baht and a picture in the local CM rag with me holding up said poster and pointing to the man with a traditional Thai shirtless chest. lol

It's OK as long as the peasants don't ask for permission to eat western bread and want western elections.

"that the public have generally cooperated with authorities in helping to conserve water"

Most rural areas have no government water so obviously they had no choice but to cooperate!

Hope they do not promote this in there travel catalogs to show how much fun you can have on your Songkran holiday. No one will come!

Bring back that girl group the TAT brought in years ago...