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Thailand: Ways to Wai

Written byJose Manuel Tesoro
Posted 23 February 2006 17:07 GMT

Tales from Isan explains the how and whys of the wai, the traditional Thai greeting of cupping one's palms together in front of one's chest. “Get it right, and you earn the approval and pleasure of the person you seek to honor. Get it wrong, and you risk embarrassing, or at worst, insulting the other person.”

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