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Thai spirits or ghosts are known generically as phi (ผี). A large proportion of these spirits are nocturnal . Except for the well-known Preta, most ghosts were traditionally not represented in paintings or drawings, hence they are purely based on oral tradition. [5] The local beliefs regarding the village spirits of Thailand were studied by ...
The Tai folk religion, Satsana Phi or Ban Phi is the ancient native ethnic religion of Tai people still practiced by various Tai groups. [3] [1] Tai folk religion was dominant among Tai people in Asia until the arrival of Buddhism and Hinduism. It is primarily based on worshipping deities called Phi, Khwan and Ancestors.
Mahabharata, Puranas. In various Asian religious traditions, the Nagas ( Sanskrit: नाग, romanized : Nāga) [ 1] are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half- serpent beings that reside in the netherworld ( Patala ), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. A female naga is called a Nagi, or ...
Phae Mueang Phi ( Thai: แพะเมืองผี, pronounced [pʰɛ́ʔ mɯ̄a̯ŋ pʰǐː]) is a place with original rock formations in the Phi Pan Nam Range, Thailand. It is about eight kilometres northeast of Phrae town in Mueang Phrae District, Phrae Province. Named after the local ghosts (ผี), the zone of Phae Mueang Phi includes ...
The Phi Phi Islands ( Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี, RTGS : Mu Ko Phiphi, pronounced [mùː kɔ̀ʔ pʰīː.pʰīː]) are an island group in Thailand between the large island of Phuket and the Straits of Malacca coast of Thailand. The islands are administratively part of Krabi Province. Ko Phi Phi Don ( Thai: เกาะ ...
Prai language. Prai (Phray) or Phai, also known as Thin (Htin), is a Mon–Khmer language of Thailand and Laos. There are several closely related, but not mutually intelligible dialects which go by the names Prai and Thin. They are also closely related to Mal, together forming the Mal–Phrai group of languages, sometimes collectively called ...
The Phai are also commonly referred to as Prai, Phay, Thung Chan Pray, Kha Phay, and Pray. In Laos they are also referred to as Htin. Language. The Phai speak a language also called Phai, which belongs to the Khmuic branch of Austroasiatic languages There are several dialects called Phai, that are sometimes hardly mutually intelligible.
As of 31 December 2018 there were 878 districts ( amphoe) in Thailand. [1] This table lists those districts, and the provinces ( changwat) of Thailand and regions ( phak) of Thailand in which they lie. This sortable table does not include districts in Bangkok. See List of districts of Bangkok . At the bottom follows a table with Thai names of ...