In thailand the festivals that they have are Songkron festivals are also heard through out neighboring Burma, Laos, and Cambodia. Overview Asia Foundation projects, new and events link, publications. Songkran is commonly known as the water festival as public water frights are enjoyed throughout the country during the period. The third day is New Year's day (wanpayawan) celebrated by visiting the temple, presenting food and clothing to the monks, bathing the buddha image with jasimne- scented water, and taking part in one of the many rituals believed to bring food luck. compendium of relevant documents pertaining to family, family planning, health services, matemal and child health services, maternity benefit, and population policy. The national assembly and senate, the Library of Paramount, political parties, online tour of the nation assembly.

On that basis, the Council granted in November 2004 negotiating directives for bilateral Partnership and Co-operation agreements with certain Southeast Asian countries which do not yet have any bilateral agreement with the EC. Among these countries is Thailand. An announcement of the intention to launch negotiations with Thailand was made in Hanoi in October 2004, at the margins of the ASEM Summit, by the then President Prodi and former Prime Minister Thaksin. The launch underlined our wish to reinforce our bilateral ties and our commitment to reinvigorate relations with Thailand.

These are some of the web sites where we found some of our information:

http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/thailand-cul.html
http://www.thaifood.about.com
http://www.asiarecipe.com/thailand.html
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2814.htm.




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