THE STORY OF THAI RICE

Through many generations, rice, according to Thais, is the staff of life and the source of traditions and beliefs. Rice, also regarded as a sacred plant, has played an important

 

role and inseparable in Thai society as Thais are taught to consider rice as a plant with breathe (spirit) and a soul of its own that they (Thais) should pay the respect to rice and to those who cultivate it.