Tales from Isan explains the how and whys [1] 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.”
Thailand: Ways to Wai
· Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
Categories: East Asia, Thailand