I went to a Buddhist Temple and sat with locals for 45 minutes ( my knees were killing me!), got what with bamboo, splattered with water and tied up with a string and a giant cloth over the group. Felt blessed & honored to take part. You must be blessed because your Chiefs always get help from a higher source every darn week! #GoRavens
Thank you for showing Thai culture and this tradition the respect you do, Tom. It is really appreciated 🙏 Yes, you are right. These strings are usually connected to a marriage, if you see a person with maybe 15-20 or more of these strings on his (or her) wrist, you can assume that they just married. Every family member do their own knot, and wish you a happy and long life together, and good health. These are each a blessing from our Buddha culture. But as you say, the same goes for only one, or any number of these strings, on several occasions, like when you are blessed by a monk for inner peace and good health, at graduations, New Year`s wishes, blessings when you are sick, or at a special meeting with the family. If you are blessed with one or more of these strings, please wear them for a good while, or as long as you see fit. That is a sign of respect for our culture, and means a lot. I can`t say I have experienced too many of these wore at the same time to be a concern of any kind though. Thank you for bringing this up, Tom 😊😊 Btw, "wai" (a Thai greeting) is pronounced "wa:j", like a shorter "why", and not like the english word "way" 😊
Thanks for the input you know I knew that about the word wai but for whatever reason keep pronouncing it wrong. I'll try to make a conscious effort to changed that in my vocabulary. Thanks again.
The mayor isn't trying to be disrespectful ,he just has his own unique accent from many days of living in margaritaville. At some point in your life ,you had to have been nibblin on spongecake ,watchin the sun bake, all those tourist covered in oil to understand it.
@nightflight1454 Tom is showing so much respect for Thais, and Thai culture, it's really admirable. That's why I wasn't sure if I should mention the pronunciation about "wai", I kinda worried if he would be offended by it (but knowing Tom, I should have known he would thank me for it). I just thought I should mention it, because the word is such an important one for Thais. All other Thai words may be pronounced all over the place by foreigners, and that's perfectly fine, as long as we understand them. That's what counts 🙏😊
Hola Tom - Been watching Thai videos for 3 years. Have t see. This topic exploded , especially in dept and clear cut . Personally I enjoy learning about these small but important issues. Thanks and Go Chiefs!
Hi Tom....That was a interesting piece of information. I do see videos with people wearing what appear to be strings the way you describe them. But I had no idea what the meaning behind them was....if there was any. Anyway that was a nice little tidbit of info for something I would not have given any thought to. Thanks.
I went to a Buddhist Temple and sat with locals for 45 minutes ( my knees were killing me!), got what with bamboo, splattered with water and tied up with a string and a giant cloth over the group. Felt blessed & honored to take part. You must be blessed because your Chiefs always get help from a higher source every darn week! #GoRavens
Shsss, you're going to let my secret out. hahaha
Thank you for showing Thai culture and this tradition the respect you do, Tom. It is really appreciated 🙏 Yes, you are right. These strings are usually connected to a marriage, if you see a person with maybe 15-20 or more of these strings on his (or her) wrist, you can assume that they just married. Every family member do their own knot, and wish you a happy and long life together, and good health. These are each a blessing from our Buddha culture. But as you say, the same goes for only one, or any number of these strings, on several occasions, like when you are blessed by a monk for inner peace and good health, at graduations, New Year`s wishes, blessings when you are sick, or at a special meeting with the family. If you are blessed with one or more of these strings, please wear them for a good while, or as long as you see fit. That is a sign of respect for our culture, and means a lot. I can`t say I have experienced too many of these wore at the same time to be a concern of any kind though. Thank you for bringing this up, Tom 😊😊
Btw, "wai" (a Thai greeting) is pronounced "wa:j", like a shorter "why", and not like the english word "way" 😊
Thanks for the input you know I knew that about the word wai but for whatever reason keep pronouncing it wrong. I'll try to make a conscious effort to changed that in my vocabulary. Thanks again.
Thank you kindly, again very interesting to learn about
The mayor isn't trying to be disrespectful ,he just has his own unique accent from many days of living in margaritaville. At some point in your life ,you had to have been nibblin on spongecake ,watchin the sun bake, all those tourist covered in oil to understand it.
@nightflight1454 Tom is showing so much respect for Thais, and Thai culture, it's really admirable. That's why I wasn't sure if I should mention the pronunciation about "wai", I kinda worried if he would be offended by it (but knowing Tom, I should have known he would thank me for it). I just thought I should mention it, because the word is such an important one for Thais. All other Thai words may be pronounced all over the place by foreigners, and that's perfectly fine, as long as we understand them. That's what counts 🙏😊
You are the Queen ,you can correct the mayor all you want 😊
Hola Tom -
Been watching Thai videos for 3 years.
Have t see. This topic exploded , especially in dept and clear cut .
Personally I enjoy learning about these small but important issues.
Thanks and Go Chiefs!
The Thai culture is so fascinating, I love to explore the details. Thanks
thanks Tom great knowledge and good to know. Chiefs v Raiders tonight
Any time! Thanks, Another close one withe Chiefs. Too many sacks, need to eliminate #64 on the Offensive line maybe a few other linemen. 🏈🏈😃
Thanks!
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your generosity. Thanks again.😀😀😀
Very interesting subject. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Tom....That was a interesting piece of information. I do see videos with people wearing what appear to be strings the way you describe them. But I had no idea what the meaning behind them was....if there was any. Anyway that was a nice little tidbit of info for something I would not have given any thought to. Thanks.
You’re welcome
Tiger Woods, always wear that white string on his wrist.
This is likely because his mother Kultida is Thai.And his father Earl a SF army officer met her while serving a tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968.
@Mikiyoki Very interesting, I've never noticed this before. Thanks