10 ethnic groups in Phichit

CHALAWAN

ETHNIC GROUP

Phichit Province,

although it is a small

province, has 10 ethnic

groups living together

in the area. They have

different origins and

vary from ethnicity.

LOCAL THAI

THAI SONG DAM

THAI PUAN

KUI

LAO KHRANG

LOCAL THAI

THAI PERSON WHO IS OF THAI DESCENT IN PHICHIT

PROVINCE. AS BEFORE, PHICHIT PEOPLE DESCENDED

FROM LAWA PEOPLE WERE DOMICILED ON BOTH SIDES

OF THE NAN AND YOM SAI RIVERS IN THE FORM OF A


LARGE COMMUNITY VILLAGE IN PATCHES WITH THE

EXEMPTION FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF PHRAYA

KOTTAB DEVARAT FROM THE SAME CITY DUE TO FLEEING

FROM THE KHMERS AND IMMIGRATION IN THE REIGN OF


KING SUEA.

FOOD AND EATING

FOOD AND EATING
PHICHIT PROVINCE RESIDENTS, IN GENERAL, EAT FOOD

LIKE THE THAI PEOPLE IN THE CENTRAL REGION, WHICH

IS BASICALLY EATING RICE. EVEN THE MINORITY ARE

LAO PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PROVINCES. PEOPLE

WHO LIVE IN PHICHIT PREFER TO EAT RICE INSTEAD OF

STICKY RICE. THE ABILITY OF THE PHICHIT PEOPLE IN

NUTRITION OR COOKING FOR DAILY LIFE IS SIMILAR TO

THAT OF THE PROVINCES IN THE CENTRAL REGION.

DRESS

. MOST OF THEM PREFER TO WEAR PANTS BECAUSE
BELIEFS AND

THEY ARE COMFORTABLE. THE SHIRT WILL BE WORN
RELIGIONS
AS A T-SHIRT OR A TRENDY SHIRT. MEN WEARING

LONG PANTS, WEARING T-SHIRTS AND OTHER
PHICHIT PEOPLE WILL PERFORM
FASHIONABLE SHIRTS, WILL ONLY USE LOINCLOTHS
RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES ON
WHEN TAKING A SHOWER. BUT IF A YOUNG PERSON
IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS DAYS AND
USES TOWELS INSTEAD OF LOINCLOTHS AND
IMPORTANT FESTIVALS.
WEARS FASHIONABLE SHOES. -MAKING MERIT IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE HOUSE.
TRADITIONS
AT PRESENT, THERE IS STILL
1. LONG BOAT RACE TRADITIONS WORSHIP OF THE GODS AND
2. LENT TRADITIONS GHOSTS. WHICH IS A TRADITIONAL
3. NAGA ORDINATIONTRADITIONS BELIEF THAT HAS BEEN PASSED
4. HOUSEWARMING TRADITIONS AND RITUALS DOWN TO THIS DAY, SUCH AS
5. WEDDING TRADITIONS BEING IN SPIRIT.
6. DEATH TRADITIONS AND RITUALS
7. MERIT TRADITIONS BUDDHIST LENT
8. SONGKRAN FESTIVAL
9. TRADITIONS AND RITUALS RELATED TO HEALING
10. LEGENDS AND STORIES PASSED DOWN

THAI-CHINESE

DECENT CHINESE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO RELY ON HIS

MAJESTY KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ AND CAME TO

THAILAND TO SEEK OCCUPATION AND SOURCE OF

LIVELIHOOD AND MET WITH ABUNDANCE, THEREFORE

PERSUADING EACH OTHER TO TRAVEL TO THAILAND,


MAKING THE NUMBER OF CHINESE PEOPLE IN THAILAND

INCREASING.

FOOD AND EATING

THAI PEOPLE OF CHINESE DESCENT IN PHICHIT PROVINCE

AT PRESENT, THEY EAT LIKE THE LOCAL THAI PEOPLE OF

PHICHIT PROVINCE. THERE WILL BE SOME SPECIALS

DURING THE VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL. CHINESE NEW YEAR

TRADITIONS, CHINESE SART, CHING MENG AND VARIOUS

WORSHIPING EVENTS.

DRESS

THAIS OF CHINESE DESCENT, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN IN THOSE

DAYS, USED TO WEAR LEGGINGS. OR WHEN AT HOME, THEY WILL

WEAR IT AS DRAWSTRING PANTS WITH SHORT LEGS, AND THE

SHIRT WILL BE A "KUI HENG" SHIRT WITHOUT A NECK WITH A

LOOSE SHAPE. IT IS COTTON. THE COLOR OF THE SHIRT IS A

POPULAR SOLID COLOR. PEOPLE WHO ARE WEALTHY WHEN

GOING TO WORK WEAR SILK CLOTHING CALLED "PANG TONG",

WHILE WOMEN'S SHOES ARE POPULAR WITH "KIA" SHOES. MEN

TEND TO WEAR SHOES MADE OF BUFFALO LEATHER OR RUBBER

BECAUSE THEY ARE DURABLE. IT IS POPULAR TO WEAR A HAT

MADE OF BAMBOO OR WITH RUBBER OIL TO PROTECT AGAINST

RAIN. IT HAS A HIGH-POINTED SHAPE. "HAT GUO LOI" IS A WIDE-

BRIMMED HAT.

TRADITIONS BELIEFS AND

RELIGIONS
THE TRADITION OF PAYING RESPECT TO THE
OWNERS OF THAI PEOPLE OF TEOCHEW THERE ARE MANY STORIES OF CHINESE

DESCENT. THE TRADITION OF PAYING RESPECT PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM IT WILL BE A

TO THE OWNERS OF THAI PEOPLE OF STORY THAT IS RELATED TO RELIGION,

HAINANESE DESCENT. TRADITION AND CULTURE AS WELL,

SUCH AS BELIEFS AND RELIGION OF

1.CHINESE NEW YEAR TRADITION CHING MENG THE CHINESE PEOPLE. CHINESE BELIEF

FESTIVAL CHINESE TRADITION IN GODS/AUSPICIOUS

ANIMALS/AUSPICIOUS FLOWERS AND

2.FESTIVAL OF TRASHING THE SPIRITS TREES GUAN YIN.
CHINESE VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL

3.WEDDING TRADITIONS DEATH TRADITION

THAI PUAN

A GROUP OF THAI PHUAN DESCENT WHO MIGRATED

TO SETTLE IN MON, PHICHIT PROVINCE. IT IS A


GROUP WHOSE ANCESTORS MIGRATED FROM SUI OR

SUI WHICH IS IN THE NORTH OF MUANG PHUAN


CHIANG KWANG IN THAILAND BRANCHED OUT FROM

THAI PHUAN, LOPBURI AND SOME GROUPS

BRANCHED FROM SUPHAN BURI PROVINCE


DISTRIBUTED IN BANG MUN NAK DISTRICT, TAPHAN

HIN DISTRICT, AND THAP KHLO DISTRICT WHICH CAN


BE SUMMARIZED INTO 2 GROUPS AS FOLLOWS:
GROUP 1 THE ANCESTORS BRANCHED FROM BAN MI


LOPBURI PROVINCE.
GROUP 2 THE ANCESTORS BRANCHED FROM BANG


PLA MA SUPHAN BURI PROVINCE



FOOD AND EATING

UNIQUE LOCAL FOOD OF THAI PHUAN. MOST OF

THEM ARE FERMENTED FISH, FERMENTED FISH, POR

JAEW (NAM PRIK), HOR MOK. THE FOOD THAT IS

POPULARLY MADE AT VARIOUS MERIT-MAKING

FESTIVALS IS RICE PORRIDGE, KHAO JEE, KHAO LAM,

KHANOM KONG NAENG, KHAO LOONG, DAT PAN,

ETC.

DRESS

THE DRESS OF THE THAI PHUAN PEOPLE IN PHICHIT

PROVINCE IS SIMILAR TO THAI PEOPLE WOMAN

WEARING MUDMEE WEAR TRENDY CLOTHES OLDER

WOMEN OFTEN WEAR PAN-NECKED SHIRTS. OR E-

PAW SHIRT (JACKET NECK) A MAN WEARING A PAIR

OF LEGGINGS OR LONG LEGS. WEAR TRENDY

CLOTHES DECORATIONS.

TRADITIONS BELIEFS AND RELIGIONS

1.THE TRADITION OF MERIT KHAO JEE ANOTHER BELIEF IN THAI PHUAN IS WORSHIPING THE

2.MERIT KAMFHA TRADITION GHOSTS OF THE GHOST HOUSES, THE PEOPLE WHO

3.TAK BAT DEVOROHANA TRADITION BUILT THE PHRA PHUM SHRINE. SHRINE OF THE EYES

4.KUAN KHAO TRIP TRADITION OF THE LORD WHO LIVES WHEN IT COMES TO

5.MAHACHAT MERIT TRADITION IMPORTANT DAYS OR MAKING MERIT WILL BRING

OFFERINGS TO TELL PERFORM AN INVITATION

CEREMONY AND TAKE CARE AND PROTECT THEM TO

STAY COOL AND HAPPY  ALSO BELIEVE IN

ASTROLOGY.

THAI ISAN

THESE ARTS AND CULTURES ARE INDICATIVE

OF THE BELIEFS, VALUES, RELIGIONS AND

LIFESTYLES AND OCCUPATIONS OF THE LOCAL

PEOPLE. VERY WELL. THE REASON WHY THE

NORTHEASTERN REGION HAS A VARIETY OF

ARTS AND CULTURE TRADITIONS MAY BE PARTLY
A RESULT OF BEING THE CENTER OF A MULTI-

ETHNIC POPULATION AND SOCIALIZING WITH

PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES TO


CAUSE CULTURAL EXCHANGES.



FOOD AND EATING

BESIDES BEING SIMPLE, MOST ISAAN
PEOPLE'S EATING IS SIMPLE, NOT MUCH

DIFFERENT, AND USUALLY HAS ONLY ONE

OR TWO PER MEAL, SOME MAY ONLY HAVE

CHILI PASTE, OR WHAT ISAN PEOPLE CALL
"JAEW"AND LOCAL VEGETABLES THAT CAN

BE COLLECTED BY THE FENCE AND WHAT IS

INDISPENSABLE IN ISAN COOKING IS PLA RA

OR WHAT ISAN PEOPLE CALL "PLA DAK", A

LOCAL FOOD OF THE THAI ISAAN PEOPLE IN

PHICHIT PROVINCE.
1.LAAB 2.KOI 3.SAE 4.SAE OR SAE
5.OM 6.OH 7.MOK 8.U 9.MUM 10.JEW

DRESS

AT PRESENT, THE YOUNG POPULATION
Beliefs and Religions
WILL DRESS ACCORDING TO THE

FASHION AS SEEN IN OTHER PLACES IN
1. AUSPICIOUS BELIEFS
THAILAND BUT CAN ALSO FIND DRESS
2. AUSPICIOUS OCCASIONS ARE

TRADITIONAL ISAN PEOPLE CAN BE
PROHIBITED TO PERFORM RITUALS RELATED

FOUND IN RURAL VILLAGES WHERE
TO EVENTS.
MOST OF THE POPULATION,
3. ON AUSPICIOUS OCCASIONS FOR

ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY, STILL DRESS
GETTING MARRIED (WEDDING)
IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHES. 4. AUSPICIOUS DAYS ACCORDING TO THE

DAY OF JUM FU
TRADITIONS 5. AMULETS OF AMUTH LUCK
6. TRADITIONS AND RITUALS RELATED TO

1. THE MONTH IN WHICH THE HOUSE LIFE
SHOULD BE BUILT 7. BIRTH
8. NAMING
2. HOW TO RAISE THE PILLARS OF THE 9. ORDINATION
HOUSE 10. MARRIAGE, MARRIAGE DEAD

3. THE NEW HUAN CEREMONY

THAI SONG DAM

ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY OF THE ROYAL

INSTITUTE OF 1999, THE MEANING OF SONG DAM IS

"SONG" OR "SONG" OR "SONG DAM", MEANING A

GROUP OF THAI PEOPLE. MEN WEAR BLACK OR OLD

INDIGO PANTS. LEGS ARE SHORT, SLIGHTLY BELOW


THE KNEES AND NARROW. A WOMAN DRESSED IN

BLACK OR OLD INDIGO WITH WHITE STRIPES DOWN


THE LINE.

FOOD AND EATING

THE FOOD OF THE THAI SONG DAM
PEOPLE IS SIMILAR TO THE RURAL THAI
PEOPLE IN THE NORTH AND THE
NORTHEAST. THE FOOD THAT IS USED
IN VARIOUS IMPORTANT CEREMONIES
AND EATEN REGULARLY ARE: 1.LAAB
BLOOD 2.CHAW UAD DAN
3.VEGETABLE JUB 4.PHO FISH 5.FISH
GRILLED ON BUDGET 6.HOHE CURRY

DRESS

THE DRESS WILL BE WEARING BLACK.

AND THERE ARE 4 MAIN COLORS OF

FABRIC THAT ARE USED FOR

DECORATION: BLACK, WHITE, GREEN,

CRIMSON AND ORANGE.

TRADITIONS Beliefs and Religions

1. TRADITION OF BIRTH THEY BELIEVE IN SPIRITS AND SPIRITS

2. TRADITION OF DEATH AND RESPECT THE ELVES (PHEE FA) AS

3. WEDDING TRADITIONS THE SUPREME GOD. THERE ARE RITUALS

4. TRADITION OF ORDINATION RELATED OFFERINGS TO SPIRITS, SUCH

5. SONGKRAN FESTIVAL AS ;
6. FESTIVAL OF BUDDHIST LENT 1. OFFERING A HOUSE
7. FESTIVAL OF THE END OF BUDDHIST
2. SLAUGHTER
LENT 3. SWAYING
4. OFFERING A GIFT OR OFFERING A

BUTTERFLY.

THAI-VEITNAM

THAI-VIETNAMESE IN PHICHIT

PROVINCE

A GROUP OF THAI-VIETNAMESE

DESCENT WHO MIGRATED TO

SETTLE IN MON, PHICHIT PROVINCE.

IT IS A GROUP WHOSE ANCESTORS

MIGRATED FROM SUI OR SUI.

WHICH IS IN THE NORTH OF MUANG

PHUAN CHIANG KHOUANG IN

THAILAND BRANCHED OUT FROM

THAILAND AND VIETNAM. LOPBURI

AND SOME GROUPS BRANCHED

FROM SUPHAN BURI PROVINCE

DISTRIBUTED IN BANG MUN NAK

DISTRICT TAPHAN HIN DISTRICT AND

THAP KHLO DISTRICT WHICH CAN BE

SUMMARIZED INTO TWO GROUPS AS


FOLLOWS:
GROUP 1: THE ANCESTORS

BRANCHED FROM BAN MI. LOPBURI

GROUP 2: ANCESTORS

BRANCHED FROM BANG PLA MA.


SUPHANBURI PROVINCE
AND DUE TO THE TIME THAT THAI-

VIETNAMESE IMMIGRATED TO

PHICHIT VIETNAM HAS BECOME A


COLONY OF FRANCE, SO THE

CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.


VARIOUS LIFESTYLES ARE DIFFICULT

TO PASS ON TO OFFSPRING. IN

ADDITION, SOME THINGS HAVE


BLENDED BACK AND FORTH TO THE

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SO THAT IT

CANNOT BE CONCLUDED.

LAO KHRANG

IN 1828, DURING THE EARLY RATTANAKOSIN

PERIOD, THERE WAS A GROUP OF LAO PEOPLE


WHO WERE FORCIBLY BROUGHT TO LIVE IN

LARGE AND SMALL TOWNS. LAO KHRANG


PEOPLE WERE ONE OF THE LAO PEOPLE WHO

WERE FORCIBLY DRAWN. LAO PEOPLE HAVE

MOVED HOUSES MANY TIMES. UNTIL THE REIGN


OF KING CHULALONGKORN HAVE A

GOVERNANCE THERE ARE 3 LARGE LAO KHRANG


COMMUNITIES, NAMELY BAN SA PHANG LAN.

NEW HOUSE KLONGTON AND BAN NONG TA SAM

LAO KHRANG PEOPLE IN PHICHIT PROVINCE LIVE

IN THE AREA SA YAI CHEE VILLAGE, SAM NGAM


DISTRICT, PHICHIT PROVINCE.

FOOD AND EATING

LAO KHRANG PEOPLE LIVE A SIMPLE

LIFE. OFTEN EAT ALL FOOD IT USUALLY

CONTAINS FRESH VEGETABLES AS THE

MAIN INGREDIENT. MOST OF THE MEAT

IS FISH, BEEF OR BUFFALO.

DRESS

-WOMEN HAVE INHERITED THE ART OF
TRADITIONS
WEAVING. FROM LUANG PRABANG

OFTEN WEAVE CLOTH FOR THEIR OWN
1.SU KWAN KHAO TRADITION
USE MOST OF THEM ARE SARONGS,
2.NAGA PARADE TRADITION
WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON AND SILK.
3.SONGKRAN FESTIVAL
WEARING A SARONG CLOTH IN MUDMEE
4.THE TRADITION OF THE FLOWER
PATTERN, WEARING A NECKERCHIEF, A
PARADE
BASKET, THAI CLOTH, PLAIN COTTON. 5.THE TRADITION OF RAISING THE FLAG
-MEN WEAR KHAKI PANTS OR A MOHOM
TO ANNOUNCE THE END OF SONGKRAN
SHIRT, OR PREFER TO DRESS LIKE
6.LOI KRATHONG FESTIVAL
ORDINARY THAI PEOPLE. 7.THE TRADITION OF MAKING MERIT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE
Beliefs and Religions 8.TRADITION OF THE MAHACHAT
SERMON
LAO KHRANG PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF 9.TRADITIONS RELATED TO VARIOUS
BELIEF IN ANCESTRAL SPIRITS. LIFESTYLES SUCH AS ORDINATION
WORSHIPING SPIRITS OF LAO KHRANG CEREMONY, MARRIAGE, ETC
PEOPLE IS TO HOLD SPIRITS
ACCORDING TO TWO ANCESTORS,
NAMELY, ANCESTOR SPIRITS AND
GHOSTS. CARRYING OUT DAILY LIFE
MUST BE RELATED TO ANCESTRAL
SPIRITS

LAO NGAEW

LAO NGAEW PEOPLE ARE A MINORITY WHO HAVE BEEN

FORCIBLY REMOVED. CAME FROM THE LAO KINGDOM,

ABOUT 200 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE MANY GROUPS,

MANY STREAMS AND MANY TIMES, GRADUALLY TRAVELED


IN AND DISPERSED TO DIFFERENT PLACES. THAI LAO

NGAEW OR THE LAO NGAEW PEOPLE IN PHICHIT


PROVINCE HAVE MIGRATED FROM LOPBURI PROVINCE.
MOST OF THEM HAVE SETTLED IN BAN PA WAI, WANG SAI


PHUN DISTRICT, AND BAN DONG YEN, BANG MUN NAK

DISTRICT.

FOOD AND EATING

STAPLE FOOD - IT IS KHAO JAO,
A SIDE DISH SUCH AS LAAB, KOI, FERMENTED FISH,

CHILI PASTE, FRESH FISH, AND KAENG SOM, ETC.

POPULAR DISHES WITH FERMENTED FISH INCLUDE WET

STICKY RICE, KHAO LAM.

DESSERT - KHAO MAO AND WHITE RICE PORRIDGE.
LOCAL FOOD - SUCH AS KAENG NANG WAN,

VARIOUS VEGETABLE CURRY, CASSIA CURRY, PLA

SOM PLA CHOM, COOKED STICKY RICE, ETC.

DRESS

WOMAN - WEARING A JOGGING SUIT IF YOU ARE AT HOME,


YOU WILL USE A LOINCLOTH IN A TABENGMAN STYLE. WITH A


SLANTED SABAI SINGLE WOMEN PREFER TO WEAR BRACELETS


ON BOTH LEGS, WHEN MARRIED, THEY WILL REMOVE THEM,


PREFERRING TO PIERCE BOTH EARS.

MAN - WEARING A JOGGING SUIT FOR WORK IF STAYING AT
Beliefs and

HOME, WILL WEAR TROUSERS, KHAKI LEGS, AND WEAR A
Religions
ROUND-NECKED SHIRT IN WOVEN FABRIC, POPULAR WITH ONE


EAR PIERCING. A SIGN OF THE EXISTENCE OF SORCERY.


TODAY, THIS BELIEF HAS WANED. BUDDHISM OFTEN MAKE MERIT ON


TRADITIONS BUDDHIST HOLY DAYS AND FOLLOW

IMPORTANT TRADITIONS THERE IS A


BELIEF IN "KHUN PHRA", WHICH MEANS


1. TRADITION OF CULTIVATING BASKETS OR PUT IN A BASKET. 2.
SOMETHING THAT IS REVERED AND

WORSHIPED. ABLE TO PROTECT AND

LAO NGAEW TRADITIONS ACCORDING TO THE THAI MONTH.

HELP MAINTAIN DISEASES AND

2.1) THE AI MONTH, THE YI MONTH IS TO MAKE MERIT. KHAO LAM
AILMENTS. THE MONK MAY BE THE ROOT

IS THE PERIOD WHEN THE GLUTINOUS RICE IS BECOMING A
OF THE TREE THAT IS PUT ON THE SHELF

RATTAN BALL. OF THE BUDDHA IMAGE. ON THE 13TH

2.2) 4TH MONTH, AUSPICIOUS CEREMONIES ARE HELD. DAY OF THE WAXING MOON OF THE


2.3) 5TH MONTHSONGKRAN FESTIVAL 12TH LUNAR MONTH, THERE WILL BE A


2.4) 6TH MONTH DURING THE RIPE FRUIT SEASON MAKING MERIT
CEREMONY TO PAY RESPECT TO THE

FROM KHAO PHAT
TEACHER. TO WORSHIP BELIEFS IN

2.5) 8TH MONTH, A TRADITION OF THE END OF BUDDHIST LENT
GHOSTS INCLUDE GHOSTS IN THE


2.6) 10TH MONTH, BOON KRAYASART FIELD, GHOSTS, HOUSE GHOSTS, AND


2.7) 11TH MONTH, THE MERIT-MAKING TRADITION GHOULS.

KUI
THE KUI PEOPLE, WHO ORIGINALLY LIVED IN THE

NORTHERN PART OF KAMPONG THOM, CAMBODIA.
KUI (TRIBUTE) IN PHICHIT PROVINCE, MIGRATED FROM

SURIN AND BURIRAM PROVINCES AROUND 1953-1954.

DUE TO DROUGHT BY CLEARING A FOREST THAT NO ONE

OWNS IN BUENG BUA SUBDISTRICT, SAM NGAM DISTRICT

THEY MAKE A LIVING BY BURNING COAL AND BEING

HIRED TO CUT SUGARCANE. WHEN YOU GET MONEY

COME TO RENT A BUFFALO FOR YOU. CURRENTLY, KUI IN

PHICHIT PROVINCE THEY SETTLED AT BAN YANG TAPAI


COMMUNITY, BUENG BUA SUB-DISTRICT,

WACHIRABARAMI DISTRICT

FOOD AND EATING

FOODS THAT ARE COMMONLY EATEN IN KUI PEOPLE
GROUPS INCLUDE:
1. CHOM FISH
2. JAEW (NAM PRIK)
3. CURRY
4. TARO CURRY
5. BUA LOI DESSERT
6. SOUTHERN TIE-DYED RICE PORRIDGE

DRESS

MAN - WEARING A SARONG OR KHAKI PANTS,
Beliefs and Religions
INDIGO OR BLACK, COTTON CLOTHES, AS IN

KHMER. THERE WAS A WHITE CLOTH AROUND HIS
ONE OF THE BELIEFS OF THE KUI PEOPLE

WAIST OR A TURBAN. (TRIBUTE) IN THE YANG TAPAI COMMUNITY,

BUENG BUA SUB-DISTRICT, WACHIRABARAMI

WOMAN - WEARING A SARONG WOVEN BY
DISTRICT. PHICHIT PROVINCE HE ALSO

HERSELF MOST OF THEM ARE SILK, COTTON
RESPECTS THE GODFATHER AND

CLOTHES, BLACK CYLINDER SLEEVES.WEAR TRENDY
GRANDFATHER, WHO BELIEVES THAT

SHIRTS JEWELRY FOR THE GROUP SILVERWARE
GODFATHER AND GRANDFATHER WILL HELP IN

SUCH AS NECKLACES, BRACELETS THE MATTER. MAKE THINGS SMOOTH BY

DOING SUCH A CEREMONY TO PAY RESPECT

TRADITIONS TWICE A YEAR IN THE 7TH MONTH, THE FIRST

WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. THE OFFERING

1. BIRTH RITUAL IS MADE WITH COOKED RICE, 1 BOILED

2. RITUALS TO KWAN OF THE SICK CHICKEN, 1 BOTTLE OF LIQUOR, 2 EVENING

3. THE RITUAL OF ASKING FOR
BETEL NUTS, 2 ROLLS OF TOBACCO, AND THE

FORGIVENESS FOR THE SICK WHO IS
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH. FED WITH

ABOUT TO DIE PADDY INSTEAD OF COOKED RICE, THE REST
4. RITUALS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION
IS LIKE THE THIRD MONTH.
OF THE HOUSE
5. “GLAMOR” RITUAL
6. TRADITION OF ASKING
7. WEDDING TRADITIONS
8. HOUSEWARMING TRADITIONS

THAI-MUSALIM

THAI MUSLIMS IMMIGRATED TO THAILAND SINCE THE

SUKHOTHAI PERIOD. THE FIRST MUSLIMS WHO IMMIGRATED TO


PHICHIT PROVINCE CAME FROM PAKISTAN ABOUT 80 YEARS

AGO, THE SECOND GENERATION CAME FROM PAKISTAN.


AYUTTHAYA PROVINCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS. THE

REST ARE FROM THE PROVINCES IN THE SOUTH OF THAILAND


AND ARE DISTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS OF PHICHIT

PROVINCE.

FOOD AND EATING

THE FOOD THAT MUSLIMS ARE FORBIDDEN TO EAT ARE THE

BLOOD OF ANIMALS AND AMPHIBIANS. SACRIFICE TO EAT MEAT

ANIMALS USED FOR FOOD MUST BE SLAUGHTERED BY ISLAMIC

PRINCIPLES. AND IT MUST BE AN ANIMAL THAT IS ONLY APPROVED

BY ISLAM. ALMOST EVERY FAMILY WILL COOK THEIR OWN FOOD IF

THEY BUY IT TO EAT. MUST HAVE A HARAH MARK THAT ONLY THE

CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY OFFICE WILL BE ABLE TO EAT.

FESTIVALS SUCH AS WEDDING CEREMONIES OR HARI RAYA

FESTIVALS SUCH AS MASSAMAN CURRY, CURRY, RED

CURRY, WHITE CURRY, NEGOTIATE CURRY, BIRYANI RICE,

SWEET FOOD SUCH AS HALO DESSERT, ROTI, FRUITS SUCH

AS RAISINS, DATES EATING THAI MUSLIMS WILL BRING RICE

IN A LARGE TRAY, SO THAT THE RICE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE TRAY. TOPPED WITH DRY CURRY. HAVE A CUP OF SOUP,

SUCH AS OXTAIL SOUP, PUT THE CUP ON THE SIDE TRAY.

WITH SALT WHEN EATING, SIT IN A CIRCLE FIRST. TO EAT,

YOU HAVE TO TOUCH THE SALT WITH YOUR HANDS. AND

THEN PUT THE RICE INTO HIS MOUTH.

DRESS Beliefs and Religions

MOST MUSLIMS IN PHICHIT DRESS LIKE THAI
- MUSLIMS ARE THOSE WHO PRACTICE --
PEOPLE IN GENERAL. INSTEAD, THERE ARE UNIQUE

OUTFITS FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, SUCH AS
- ISLAM. ISLAM IS THE NAME OF A RELIGION
PAKISTANI DRESSES, BLOUSES, TALAKONG, SARIS,

EACH WITH ITS OWN CHARACTERISTICS. AND
WHICH RESPECTS.
WEARING ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS.
ALLAH IS GOD. THERE IS A PROPHET
TRADITIONS
NAMED MUHAMMAD. THE HIGHEST BOOK IS
1.MAWLID TRADITION
2.DIFFUSABA DAY TRADITION THE QURAN. THERE ARE RITUALS SUCH AS
3.HARI RAYA TRADITION
4.FASTING TRADITIONS PRAYER, FASTING, PRACTICE HAJJ. THERE IS
5.CIRCUMCISION TRADITION
6.HAJJ CEREMONY A RELIGIOUS PLACE SUCH AS A MOSQUE.

ALL MUSLIMS, MEN AND WOMEN, WHEN THEY

REACH THEIR AGE. THE COMPULSORY

CRITERION IS TO BE AT THE AGE OF 15 AND

HAVE A DUTY TO PERFORM. EQUAL RELIGION

NOT SEPARATING SECULAR AFFAIRS AND

AFFAIRS RELIGIOUS APART.

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