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Raksha Daryanani Thani's avatar

This was intriguing and I saw many overlaps with Indian culture, especially the concept of saving face. I wonder if the word 'hiya' comes from the Urdu word 'haya' with the same meaning. I didn't know there were so many similarities in the Thai and Philippino culture. Thank you for sharing the lovely pictures too. They added to the beauty of this post.

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Kiff Joshua's avatar

Finally had the opportunity to read this article from front to back, start to finish. Very nice with the delicadeza comparison, and another nice one for the bahala na mention. You really tried your best to find as many analogous connections as possible. Brilliant read!

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Datu Kidlat's avatar

Couldn’t have done it without the help of a certain someone hahaha

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Miguel de la Fuente-Lau's avatar

I’ll need to reference this again and again. The time and research to draw these parallels is very impressive. And timely for me as I’m about to get in a plane to Bangkok!

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Datu Kidlat's avatar

Have fun in Bangkok! I’ve actually got to try a lot of the Thai foods mentioned above while I visited Thailand so I made sure to note what I ate as I visited because I noticed how similar the food was to Filipino food.

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Miguel de la Fuente-Lau's avatar

I mean thanks to your essay, now that I think about it, with the food I do notice a similar flavor profile around sweet and sour, with the difference really being the spice levels. Excited to come across some of the more “obscure” Thai offerings in our travels and make some comps for myself!

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