Thailand,the land of smiley people

               The Thai cultural festival took place between 18-22 September in Bucharest. Craftsmen and dancers from Thailand came there and show their most beautiful traditions.

                Firstly,the festival was places in the Peasant Museum and after that it was moved to Cismigiu Park. There weren’t so many things as in the first place, but we could also see dancers and craftsmen.

                The program was starting at 1 pm with some dance demonstrations, we could see a dance ceremony for agriculture and it lasted until 5 pm. During this period every craftsman was working: some were making Thai dolls, some animals by shaping the sugar and others were making fans and fishes from palm wood.

                On 18 and 19 when they were at the Peasant Museum, they had also umbrellas made from paper and hand painted , but they were all sold when untill they moved to Cismigiu.

               The most interesting craftsman was the one that made animals from sugar. He made horses, kangaroos, monkeys and whatever you were asking. Nevertheless, the most beautiful figurine was a dragon. It was the most difficult to made and it was up for auction at the end of the day with the starting price of 15 ron.

               It was an interesting experience, as long as I can’t travel to Thailand, I’m glad that I could see their traditions here, in my country. Thai people were very nice, smiling all the time and trying to answer you, even though they didn’t know English very well.

               In the end, I asked an craftsman if they will come back next year and he said that it is very likely to return because everything worked very well and they made good money.