Foreigners or Non-natives
There is a word Thai people use to refer to Westerners: “Farang.” This word alone only means “Westerner,” but it is usually associated with negative meanings. For example, “farang keenok” literally means “bird excrement westerner” and it really means a western foreigner who is not reliable or trustworthy. This word shows that some Thai people may be prej
The Kingdom of Thailand
Parliamentary democratic system
Constitutional monarchy
Since 2006,
military government
Thailand – Hierarchical Society
Power, Status, Seniority, Education and
MONEY! – Means to Climb the Social Ladder
Former
Serendib, Ceylon
Government Type
Republic
Capital
Colombo
Independence
4 February 1948 (from the UK)
Two big parties
Socialist United People’s Freedom Alliance
Conservative United National Party
President
Mahinda Percy RAJAPAKSA (since 19 November 2005)
The Executive Presidency
The Head of State of the Republic of Sri Lanka, the Head of the Executi
Purity and Pollution
Contaminated
>>>>Segregation
“Untouchables” “Dalits” “Harijian”
“Scheduled Caste”
Affirmative Action – Reservation
No founder, No dogma, No absolute book
Philosophical Aspects ~ Shamanistic Folk Belief
Atheism, monotheism, polytheism
Population size and characteristics by ethnic enclave in Sri Lanka
Population size
The people of Sri Lanka are composed of various races and the population sizes of each of the various ethnic groups are different. Total number of the population is about 21 million people and the majority, 74 percent of the whole population is Sinhalese while the minority ethnic groups take up the rest of the po