Thais were culturally programmed to give the "wei" to the Buddha and the monk but in their hearts that steamed with greed as they cooked their food on the streets, sold their trinkets from their sheets, worked in office jobs, were government officers, part of an educated middle class, and a million other activities, classifications, and identities, this traditional greeting with the folded hands in front of the face was deeply given in the secret regions of subconscious ideas for those whom they thought of as rich.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
For centuries Norway and Denmark had been closely connected politically and culturally.
"The Story of Our Hymns"
Ernest Edwin Ryden
The former inhabited the Great Basin, and are culturally entirely distinct from those of Southern California, of whom alone is there any considerable knowledge extant as regards religion.
"The Religion of the Indians of California"
A. L. Kroeber