we are getting ready for the lunar new years. this year we have to do three dances. so we made up the first two dances already and all we need is the last dance we have to make up. We just need a ...
hi im planning to travel from ho chi mihn city in veitnam to bangkok via the angkor wat ruins i have 9 day i was wondering if this is possible?but most of all safe?i am planning to travel march next ...
Minh chuan bi di du hoc, cho nen can thiet phai may 1 bo veston
Ko biet minh nen may o dau nhi
Gia' ca? cung vua fai thoi
Vi minh con la sinh vien, nen ko du da? tai chinh cho lam ...
I am an anthropology student looking for some information on Vietnamese Catholic home altars including Holy Family altars, Marian altars, patron saint altars, and ancestor altars. What is the ...
My dad is from Saigon and left during the war (c. 1973). To my knowledge he is the only family member to come over to the US. I've been trying for years to find agencies or web pages that I ...
help im trying to contact this hotel in vietnan, they dont seem to have a website of their own.......
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Thailand or Vietnam: Chalk on face?
I've watched two films not too long ago either from Thailand or Vietnam (sorry I can't remember), and something that I noticed was it seemed to be normal for people to wear some sort of chalk or colored chalk on their face. Can someone please explain the significance of this to me?
Sounds to me like you were watching a movie with Thailand during Sonkhran festival. They splash water on you and put baby power on your face...
Actually quite a lot of fun.
Other than that, I haven't heard of anything else.
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well, definitely not vietnamese (because i'm vietnamese). It is most commonly used by Burmese people (from the country Burma, now known as Myanmar) but sometimes also Thai people. It's made from grinding a root or bark with water and is used to prevent sunburn.