A majority of people agree with an idea for people to wear Thai traditional clothes to play with water during the upcoming Songkran Festival to conserve Thai traditions and cultures, according to the result of an opinion poll conducted by National Institute of Development Administratration, or Nida Poll, published on Sunday.
The poll was carried out on April 4-5 on 1,250 people of various levels of education and occupations throughout the country.
The majority, 84.96% of the respondents, said wearing Thai traditional clothes is a way of conserving the Thai traditions and cultures and showing to foreigners genuine Thai ways of life when asked to comment on the idea. However, 14% disagreed, saying that it is inappropriate for them to be worn for playing with water, while 1.04% were uncertain or had no comment.
Asked whether they want to go in Thai traditional clothes for the water festival, 64.24% said they do, so as to set an example for people of next generations; 33.44% said they don't want to do that, reasoning that traditional clothes are expensive, difficult to wear and not suitable for the Thai weather which is rather hot; and, 2.32% were uncertain or had no comment.
