Wai Kru Day is a Thai ritual in which students respect teachers to convey their appreciation and strengthen the student-teacher connection. In most schools in Thailand, the ceremony is observed on a Thursday in June or July. The ritual involves students showing esteem and humility toward their teachers.

Guest Writer- Teacher Mikile-Tak Province Thailand

Back home in South Africa, everyone is on holiday during Christmas time, spending time with their families and Christmas shopping, wrapping presents, and putting up the tree, in this time.

In Thailand, it is different; Thailand does not recognize Christmas as a holiday, but that does not stop Thai people from celebrating it, and when Thai people party, they party hard.