Practically every ethnicity
represented in Thailand whether of Thai ancestry or not, has to a greater or lesser degree been assimilated into the Thai mainstream. Although Thailand is the most modernized' ofthe existing Thai(more precisely, societies, the cultural underpinnings are evident in virtually every facet of everyday life. Those aspects that might be deemed'westernization' e.g. the wearing ofEtrousers instead of phaakhamaa(wraparound), the presence of automobiles, cinemas and even show how Thailand has adopted and adapted tools invented elsewhere.