Hello from Thailand!

Learn about Heavenly Father’s children all over the world.

Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia. About 72 million people live there.

Language

Thai is the country’s official language. The Thai alphabet has 72 characters.

In Thai, you can welcome a friend by saying, “kin khao reu yang.”

It means, “Have you eaten yet?”

Songkran Festival

People in Thailand celebrate their new year with the world’s largest water fight. They splash each other with water to remember to wash bad things away. It lasts for three days!

Tiger Cave

The Tiger Cave Temple is a Buddhist temple where many people worship and pray. To get to it, you must climb 1,260 steps up a mountain. There are tiger paw prints in the cave!

Floating Markets

In Thailand, people can shop on river boats, like little floating stores. Rivers are one way to travel around the capital city. Many buildings are on stilts to keep them above the water.

Activity

Snake Bites Tail

Choose someone to be snake 1 and another to be snake 2. All the others stand behind snake 1 and hold onto the person in front of them. Snake 2 tries to get past snake 1 and make the last person in the line let go. Anyone who lets go is out!

Recipe

Som Tam

Green papaya salad is a common recipe in Thailand. Here is a version you can try!

1. In a large bowl, mix 1 ½ tablespoons palm sugar (or brown sugar), 1 ½ tablespoons fish sauce (or soy sauce), and 2 tablespoons lime juice . Stir until sugar is dissolved.

2. Mince 2 cloves of garlic and 1 or more red chili peppers. Chop 3 green beans. Cut 1 tomato into wedges.

3. Peel 1 green papaya (or 3 green apples). Grate or cut into thin slices.

4. Add everything to the bowl and mix.

Thanks to Panya’s family for sharing this recipe!

Illustrations by Mackinzie Rekers