Oliver Raendchen:

Diagram for a proposed CULTURAL SYSTEM of the Tai peoples:[1]

 

Sub-systems are   compatible and   reinforcing

 

                                        

                                         subsystem

 

                                         system      

 

Remarks on the diagram:

The system comprises the typical way of living and behavior as well as the complete collective knowledge in a wet rice cultivation and water culture system, the Tai core complex culture, which I call the "baan-müang system”.

This is only a very rough diagram of the general structure of the cultural system of the Tai peoples. Each of the sub-systems presented here are interlinked with every other sub-system. Many other conceivable and existing sub-systems as well as interlinkages are left out here and must be included in a more comprehensive diagram, and in the thinking of the researcher on Tai studies.

Interlinkages are communication lines and interactions.