Cultural differences between Thailand and Malaysia?

1)Religion, there are more than a dozen Buddhist temples all over Thailand, most Thais believe in Buddhism, and the country adopts Hinayana as the state religion.

2)Dietary habits. Thai people's staple food is rice. They like to eat spicy food,. After the meal, they like to eat duck pear, apple and other fruits, but do not eat bananas.

3)Manners and etiquette. Thai people's common courtesy is the "ten" courtesy. Friends meet, hands together, slightly bowed head, greet each other. In Thailand, if there is an honored person or elder in the audience, other people, whether sitting or squatting and kneeling, head is not allowed to exceed the head of the honored person or elder, otherwise it is a great rudeness.

4) Taboos. Thai people especially respect the Buddha and the King, so they can not talk about the Buddha and the King with them or in front of them. It is taboo for Thais to touch their heads because they believe that the head is the place of wisdom and is precious.

It is best not to step on doorways in front of Thais, as there are spirits living underneath them. Thais avoid brown color and prefer red and yellow. It is customary to use colors to indicate different dates. In Thailand, people abstain from dog motifs.

Malaysian rituals and customs.

1) Religion. In Malaysia, people mostly follow Islam.

2)Eating habits. Influenced by Islam, most Malaysians like to eat beef, mutton, dietary taste light, afraid of greasy. Malaysians are accustomed to eating all kinds of fruits at meals.

3)Manners and etiquette. Malaysians are friendly and kind, pay attention to politeness and etiquette, respect for the elderly and love for the young, and their norms of politeness and etiquette are similar to those of other countries that believe in Islam.

4)Taboos. The Malaysians avoid eating dog meat, pork, the use of pig leather, avoid using lacquered chopsticks (because of lacquered chopsticks used in the production process of pig's blood), avoid talking about pigs and dogs. They believe that the left hand is unclean, so they do not use their left hand to pass things for others. They avoid using yellow color and do not wear yellow clothes. Taboo number is "0, 4, 13". Alcohol is prohibited in Malaysia, so there is no use of alcohol to entertain guests during meals.