Traditional Thai Style One Of 12 Zodiac Royalty-Free Stock Image

Traditional Thai style wood carving as one of 12 Zodiac in church of temple in Thailand and this art decorated in created with money donated by people, no restrict in copy or use. In traditional Thai culture, special birthdays and anniversaries are celebrated in twelve year cycles linked to the signs of the zodiac. Similar to the Chinese zodiac there are twelve animals each representing a year: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, serpent (dragon), snake, horse, goat (ram), monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For Thai people, the completion of each twelve year cycle is important because it brings them back to their birth-year animal. It used to be the case in Thailand that birthdays weren’t really celebrated unless they were special ones that coincided with the 12-year cycle (particularly the 12th and 60th birthday). However, things change and nowadays the modern generation of Thai people increasingly celebrate annual birthdays rather than just those that fall on a 12-year cycle.