What are the characteristics of the local customs in Southeast Asia?

1. Vietnam

Due to the influence of China culture, traditional festivals in Vietnam are similar to those in China. The traditional folk festivals mainly include Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Pangu Festival and Sending Kitchen King Festival. The Spring Festival is the biggest folk festival in Vietnam.

the first day of the first month in the summer calendar is the Spring Festival. According to the traditional customs of Vietnam, from the "Sending the Kitchen King Festival" on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, even if it is the Spring Festival, every hostess will have to make new clothes, prepare new year's goods for several days, and clean the house. On New Year's Eve, the whole family had a reunion dinner and set off firecrackers. During the Spring Festival, we mainly eat glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed leaves.

2. Laos

Laos is a country with Hinayana Buddhism as its main religion, and more than 9% of its citizens believe in Buddhism. The influence of Buddhism permeates the daily life of the Lao people, and many customs and etiquette are closely related to Buddhism. Most of the year, adult men in Laos generally wear long-sleeved shirts and trousers, while women wear long-sleeved double-breasted jackets and skirts with ethnic flavor.

Because of the strong ultraviolet rays, many Lao people still wrap themselves up even in hot weather. However, this has not changed the darker skin color of Laos. Lao women generally have multiple sets of formal attire, and the fabrics obviously come from hand-weaving.

3. Cambodia

Cambodians think that the left hand is unclean, and it is impolite to hold things or food with the left hand. They also believe that the head is a sacred part of human beings, so unlike the Cambodian national dance-blessing dancers can't touch their heads or touch children's heads at will.

4. Thailand

There are many ceremonies and complicated manners in Thailand, and all ethnic groups have different ceremonies and manners. Thai people are the main ethnic group in Thailand, so the etiquette of Thai people is basically the etiquette of Thai people.

Generally speaking, the clothes of Thai people are relatively simple, and most of them are ethnic clothes in rural areas. In public places in Thailand, don't do anything damaging to the style, such as hugging, kissing or shaking hands, which is considered to be against the local customs.

In addition, sunbathing naked is only allowed on some beaches. In other places, Thais don't like this kind of behavior. Although it doesn't constitute a crime, it violates the Buddhist concept of Thais.

5. Myanmar

Burmese people have no surnames, and usually put an article in front of their names to show their gender, age, status and status. Young men call themselves "looks" (meaning younger brother) to show modesty. They also call themselves "looks" to younger generations or teenagers, "Guo" to peers or brothers, and "Wu" (meaning uncles) to elders or people with status.

If a man's name is Angki, he will be called Angki, Guo Angji or Wu Angji with the change of his age and status.