00:00Asians love taking off their shoes before going inside the house,
00:03but did you know that in traditional Thai culture, we used to go way beyond that?
00:08We didn't just take off our shoes, we had a foot washing station at the bottom of the stairs
00:14before you could even step your foot into the house.
00:17In the past, traditional Thai houses or run Thai were built on high stilts to prevent flooding
00:23and people mostly walked barefoot on dirt paths or muddy roads.
00:27So, to keep the house clean, every home had a large water jar or ổng xà i nám
00:33with a coconut shell dipper or ổng xà i nám placed right at the bottom of the front stairs
00:38alongside the foot washing block.
00:40And this daily routine gave birth to a super famous Thai idiom
00:46which literally translates to the top of the stairs is never dry.
00:51We use this phrase to describe a very popular house,
00:54specifically, a house with a beautiful daughter where suitors are constantly visiting.
00:59So, if someone tells you that your stairs are never dry,
01:03take it as a huge compliment.
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