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The issue is not Thailand promoting minority cultures. The problem is when modern thai borders are used to claim older regional traditions as exclusively Thai only, and then dictate what neighboring countries Cambodians, Lao, Burmese or others can wear or call their own without Thai abusing them of copy. Khmer, Mon, Burmese and other civilizations were established long before the rise of major Tai kingdoms. As Tai-speaking states expanded, they absorbed and adapted elements from these older cultures while developing traditions of their own. Specifically, Thais are trying to erase the identity and cultural traditions of 17 million people of Cambodia, destroying temples, looting artifacts, waging campaigns to isolate Cambodia, and invading again and again, because Angkor is at the center of many traditions that later influenced Thai culture, it is now within Cambodia territory.