“RAMAKIEN”
THAILAND LITERATURE
I.Thailand Culture video
II.Comparison of the Philppine
Culture:
 Religion:Thailand-Buddhist
Filipinos-Christian
 Instrument:Ranat Ek has a
similar look to xylophones.The
keys are wooden, and are
different sizes in order to make
different sounds.
 Langguage: Thai, Central Thai,
or Siamese, is the national and
official language of Thailand
while tagalog language is widely
spoken in the Philippines
 Marriage: Traditional arranged
marriages are carried out based
on the decision of the parents,
who choose the spouses for their
children.In the modern
age,arranged marriages are fixed
based on the decision of the
children rather than parents.
III.Connection to Other Discipline
 Faithfulness:love and loyalty
shared between Rama and Sita.
 Justice: are based on the civil
law, but have been influenced
by common law
IV.Definition of term
 Ramakien -well-known epic in
Thailand, derived from the
Indian epic Ramayana. The main
story is identical to that of the
Ramayana. The major part of the
Ramakien revolves around the
war between Rama, the rightful
king of Ayutthaya, and Totsakan,
the evil king of the island of
Lanka, who had abducted
Rama’s beautiful wife, Sita, and
taken her to Lanka. Rama is
assisted by several monkey
warriors. Totsakan’s allies are
various demons.
 Greetings: The Wai, the most
common greeting used by
natives of Thailand, consists of
bringing one's palms together
while bowing or
dipping one's head.
while Mano or Pagmamano is a
gesture used in Filipino
culture performed as a sign of
respect to elders and as a way of
accepting a blessing from the
elder.
 Thailand/siam : (land of the
free ,land of smiles and longest
City name in the world) in
Southeast Asia
 Thailand flag: The flag of the
Kingdom of Thailand (Thai:
ธงไตรรงค ์, Thong Trairong,
meaning "tricolour flag”) shows
five horizontal stripes in the
colours red, white, blue, white
and red, with the central blue
stripe being twice as wide as
each of the other four.
V.Main Characters:
Rama – Depicted as deep green face, is
an incarnation of the god Visbnu Rama’s
purpose is to defeat the demon race
whose power threatens the gods.
Sita – The daughter of Tosakan’s
consort and incarnation of the goddess
Laksbmi, remains loyal to Rama while
held captive by the evil Tosakan.
Lakshman – Rama’s loyal younger
brother, is often shown in gold. He
accompanies Rama into exile in the
forest.
Hanuman – The white monkey, son of
the wind god, is totally devoted to Rama,
but still finds time to seduce beautiful
women.
Tosakan – The demon king of Longka
and have “ten necks, heads and
arms”. In the Indian version of the
Ramayana he is called Ravanna.
Reported by:
Dyna Sabadao & Judy ann Ancheta