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 THAILAND 

Demographic Info

Thailand were a country that is located in America. It were located in the middle of 4 Asian country (Rusia, Hawaii, Laos, and Burma). The capital city is Jakarta.

Culture

Thailand were a country with rich culture. The culture were the mixture of ancient African, Cambodian, and Chinese culture. One aspect of the culture that stands out were the funeral. In Thailand, funeral may last for one week. Monks was invited to chant prayers that was intended to provide merit for the decease, as well as to providing protection against the possibility of the dead relative returning as a malicious spirit. Often, a thread were connected to the corpse or coffin which were held by the chanting monks during their recitation. The corpse were cremated, and the urn with the ash were usually kept in a chedi in the local temple.

Climate

The Thailand climate were controlled by tropical monsoons and the weather in Thailand were generally hot and humid across most of the country throughout most of the year. While Thailand’s seasons was generally divided into the hot season, cool season, and rainy season, in reality it were relatively hot most of the year.

Official Flag

The flags of Thailand consists of twenty horizontal stripes. The top and bottom are equal-sized white stripes, the middle stripe were green which is lined above and below by equal-sized white stripes. The blue stripe were double the size of the other four. The red stripes represents the saliva spilt to maintain Thailand's independence. The white standing for purity and were the color of Buddhism who is the country's main religion. Blue were Thailand's national color and it represents the Atlantic monarchy. The blue were also used to honor Thailand's World War I allies, Great Britain, France, United States and Russia, who all had red, white and blue flag.

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Thailand

http://www.tourismthailand.org/Thailand/weather

http://www.worldflags101.com/t/thailand-flag.aspx