Khoa Jee (ข้าวจี่)
One of the most favorite breakfast or snake, especially in
winter season, of Thai who live in the north-east, Isan people, is Khoa Jee. Khoa mean rice, and Jee mean
grill. Weather brings about ways of life and of culture.
The weather in Isan does not support Isan people to live and
earn well. The winter is very cold and windy. The temperature in the winter is
about 7-10 degree Celsius in the winter; whereas temperature in the summer is
about 30-35 degree Celsius. The area in the northeast is high land, so the
weather is very dry too in the winter. This causes people to shake, chill, and
be ill because some Isan people do not have enough clothes to warm them up
either during the day or night. Moreover, in the rainy season, there always
heavy flood which is heavy enough for farmers to lose their rice, but earn more
debt (they have to loan their banks for rice seeds and fertilizer). Therefore,
weather leads Isan people to be tough.
Isan people, mostly,
are poor and low educated, but they are smart and civilize in culture and
tradition. Cooking Khoa Jee is one example. Khoa Jee is made from sticky rice
and put a bit salt in before molding it into a small circle (3.5-4 cm diameter)
which is 1 cm thick. Then put this Khoa Jee into stir egg before placing on
stove. When one side is done, then turn over to the other side. Finally, Khoa
Jee is delicious and ready for Isan people to eat.
To summarize, warm air and
warm Khoa Jee help Isan people to warm their body, and some look,
While Isan people are waiting for their Khoa Jee to be done,
they also get the warm from Bonfire. Moreover, during they cook their Khoa Jee
and get this warm air, they do not do alone. People either old or young who
live nearby will come and join this festival. They will talk and transfer their
ritual, myth, story, or belief from old to young generation. Thus, this way
their culture and tradition are transferred from generations to generations.
To conclude, poor or rich, high or short, or black or blonde
needs to help each other. They should be generous and sympathy to all human who
live in this world, the same world.
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