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RATCHAPHRUEK 2006

ROYAL FLORA RATCHAPHRUEK 2006 International Horticultural Exposition for His Majesty the King At the Royal Agricultural Research Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand1 November 2006 – 31 January 2007

LoiKratong Festival

Loi Krathong — Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2006

Pattaya Tour

Originally Pattaya is a small, unknown fishing village on the eastern side of Thailand facing the Gulf of Thailand. Its location appear for the first time in the Thai history when Phraya Tak who later became King Taksin marched to Chanthaburi and passed through this vicinity after the downfall of the former capital Ayuthaya to the Burmese in 1767.

Karon Beach
Phuket Beach , Thailand

Karon, featuring an incredibly long stretch of squeaky white sand, is less hectic than Patong but it still offers a full range of facilities, dining and activities. While it's a fast-growing area, Karon is nicely spread out and rarely feels crowded.

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The Celebrations on the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the King’s 80th Birthday Anniversary 5th December 2007

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Pattaya Festival

Pattaya Festival Thailand's world-famous seaside resort puts on its most festival face for this annual event, held in April at the height of the summer season. Food and floral floats, beauty contests,. stalls selling local delicacies, and a spectacular display of fireworks on the beach are only a few of the highlights that attract merry-makers.

SongKran

Songkran is a Thai traditional New Year, which starts on April 13 every year and lasts for 3 days. Songkran festival on April 13 is Maha Songkran Day or the day to mark the end of the old year, April 14 is Wan Nao, which is the day after and April 15 is Wan Thaloeng Sok, which the New Year begins. At this time, people from the rural areas who are working in the city usually return home to celebrate the festival. Thus, when the time come, Bangkok temporarily turns into a deserted city. Songkran is a Thai word, which means "move" or "change place", as it is the day when the sun changes its position in the zodiac. It is also known, as the "Water Festival" as people believe that water will wash away bad luck. The Songkran tradition is recognized as a valuable custom for the Thai community, society and religions. The value for family is to provide the opportunity for family members to gather in order to express their respects to the elders by pouring scented water onto the hands of their parents and grandparents and to present them gifts including making merits to dedicate the result to their ancestors. The elders in return wish the youngsters good luck and prosperity. The values for community is to provide the opportunity to create unity in the community such as to jointly acquire merits, to meet each other and to enjoy the entertaining events. And for the society value is to create concern upon environment with cooperation such as to clean houses, temples, public places and official buildings. Thais value the religion bye means of merit acquisition, offering alms to monks, Dhamma Practice, listening to sermon and monks-bathing. In the afternoon, after performing a bathing rite for Buddha images and the monks, the celebrants both young and old, joyfully splash water on each other. The most-talked about celebration takes place in the northern province of Chiang Mai where Songkran is celebrated from April 13 to 15. During this period, people from all parts of the country flock there to enjoy the water festival, to watch the Miss Songkran Contest and the beautiful parades.

Loy Krathong

Loy Krathong Day is one of the most popular festivals of Thailand celebrated annually on the Full-Moon Day of the Twelfth Lunar Month. It takes place at a time when the weather is fine as the rainy season is over and there is a high water level all over the country. "Loy" means"to float" and a"Krathong" is a lotus-shaped vessel made of banana leaves. The Krathong usually contains a candle, three joss sticks, some flowers and coins. In fact, the festival is of Brahmin origin in whic people offer thanks to the Goddess of the water. Thus, by moonlight, people light the candles and joss sticks, Make a wish and launch their Krathongs on canals, rivers or even small ponds. It is believed that the Krathongs carry away sins and bad luck, and the wishes that have been made for the New Year due to start. Indeed, it is then time to be joyful and happy as the sufferings are floated away. The festival starts in the evening when there is a full moon in the sky. People of all walks of life carry their Krathongs to the nearby rivers. After lighting candles and joss sticks and making a wish, they gently place the Krathongs on the water and let them drift away till they go out of sight. A Beauty Queen Contest is an important part of the festival and for this occasion it is called "The Noppamas Queen Contest". Noppamas is a legendary figure from the Sukhothai period. Old documents refer to her as the chief royal consort of a Sukhothai Kng named "Lithai". Noppamas was said to have made the first decorated Krathong to float in the river on the occasion. In Bangkok, major establishments such as leading hotels and amusement parks organize their Loy Krathong Festival and the Krathong contest as major annual function. For visitors to Thailand, the Loy Krathong Festival is an occasion not to be missed. The festival is listed in the tourist calendar. Everyone is invited to take part and share the joy and happiness.

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The expo site is situated on 80 hectares of land at the Royal Agricultural Research Center in Mae Hia sub-district, Muang district, Chiang Mai Province in Northern Thailand. Set amidst the lush landscape of the surrounding mountains, the location provides a picture-perfect setting for Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006.

A one-of-a-kind event, Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006 is being organized to present to the world the marvels of plants and breeds of over 2,200 species of tropical plants and flowers. 2,500,000 plants in total will be enriching the land and the minds of onlookers.
Presented under the theme of ‘To Express the Love for Humanity’, conceptual designs and layouts of the event have been conceived to function seamlessly with and to complement the remarkable geographical surroundings.

The foundation of the Kingdom of Thailand lies in the glory of Buddhism and the Monarch whose kindness towards His people is like the comforting shade of a big tree with a canopy that extends incessantly to provide sanctuary for His people.

Destined to be a wondrous spectacle, during the 92 days of the expo, Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006 is expected to draw an audience of over 2 million visitors from around the world.
Celebrations of this magnitude happen only once in decades. So mark your calendar and join us in Thailand for this historic event not to be missed. We warmly welcome you to Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Don’t Miss These Exciting Spectacles!

Thai Tropical GardenThis is the world’s largest resource for tropical plants and flowers, featuring many and various rare species of trees, i.e. Arenga hookeriana, Maxburretia puurtadoana ‘Dransfield’ and Wollemia nobilis. This last is a truly remarkable plant, one of an extremely rare new species of conifer that dates back some 250 million years to the era of the dinosaurs, discovered in the wild in 1994 in Australia. Plus there are the delights of the herb garden, a succulent garden, lotus ponds, and an exotic array of other plants and flowers that you can see only in this exceptional world exposition.

Royal Pavilion
The majestic Royal Pavilion, constructed in the exquisite Lanna architectural style, is located right in the heart of the event site.

The Royal Pavilion has been specially created to display an exhibition honouring His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, and to reflect His unique personal contribution to the world of agriculture.
On its ground floor, visitors can enjoy a display of His Majesty’s remarkable activities and initiatives, including His Royal visits to His subjects throughout Thailand.
The upper floor is flanked by a wall mural brilliantly executed in grey, red and gold. The Lanna-inspired decor is the creation of the celebrated artist Preecha Thaothong, an Assistant Professor from the Silpakorn University’s Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts. Other renowned contemporary artists from a variety of well-known art institutes in Thailand are also involved in the project. The landmark attraction inside the Royal Pavilion will be the Royal Virtue Tree symbolizing His Majesty’s righteousness to His subjects throughout His kingdom.

Homage Garden
You are invited to pay homage to His Majesty the King in front of an enormous “Coin for the King”, which is embossed with an image of His Majesty and designed for people to show their reverence for Him. There, too, visitors will find the “Bhodi Tree for the King”, which is a symbol of His Majesty’s influential benevolence over the country. Visitors can take advantage of this good opportunity to pay homage to His Majesty through donations for the 30,000 Bhodi leaves which are made of brass. (A donation can be made at 99 baht/leaf.) At the end of the exposition, all these Bhodi leaves will be molded into two Buddha statues, which will then be presented to His Majesty the King as a gift from all Thai citizens. (Donations will be accepted from November 1 to December 5, 2006.)

RATCHAPHRUEK 2006

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Introducing ROYAL FLORA RATCHAPHRUEK 2006 International Horticultural Exposition for His Majesty the King

In 2006, the Thai nation comes together to celebrate the most auspicious occasions of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 60th Anniversary or the Diamond Jubilee of His Majesty’s Accession to the Throne together with His Majesty’s 80th Birthday Anniversary.

To mark this momentous occasion, “Royal Flora Ratchaphruek” is one of the grand celebrations being hosted by the Royal Thai Government in honor of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), the ninth ruler of the illustrious Chakri Dynasty and the world’s longest reigning monarch. His Majesty is ‘Father of the Nation’ and ‘Beloved King’ to the Thai people.

Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006 represents a concerted effort of the Thai people to create one of the world’s most beautiful international horticultural expositions as an expression of deep love and respect for their Beloved King who has won the hearts of Thai people across the Kingdom through His Majesty’s tireless dedication to bringing about a better quality of life of for the Thai people through His Majesty’s gifts in agricultural projects as well as valuable lessons in life.

Through Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006 -- International Horticultural Exposition for His Majesty the King, the Thai people come together to express their utmost gratitude for His Majesty’s benevolence, care and concern. Time-honored traditions will be observed; only the very finest available will be presented to the ‘Devaraja’ or ‘Divine King’. This will be an exposition that deserves the name “International Horticultural Exposition for His Majesty the King.”

Thailand will be joined by her international friends -- nations with whom Thailand has shared history, cultural, diplomatic and trade ties, many spanning the centuries. Over 30 countries are expected to participate in ‘Gardens for the King’. The International Gardens will feature unique or innovative landscaping and horticultural highlights from the participant’s homeland.

Loi Krathong

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Historic symbolism
With its central spire and decorative points at four cardinal points, a krathong can be seen as a mini Mount Meru. Stylisations of this sacred abode of the gods resonate throughout Thai royal and religious iconography. This Hindu heritage is also seen in the identity of the worshipped water goddess, Mae Khongka, who translates as Mother Ganges. The festival falls close to the Hindu festival of lights, Deepavali, and krathong likewise appear like tiny lanterns, with their candles and incense embers twinkling as they bob downstream. The compound effect of dozens, hundreds, even thousands of such lights draws many a sigh at the redemptive power of beauty.

Nang Noppamat
Legend has it that princess Nang Noppamat at the court of Sukhothai, the first independent Thai kingdom, initiated the ritual of Loi Krathong. Eight centuries later, the national focus that night falls on the reflective ponds at Old Sukhothai’s ruins. There fireworks and son-et-lumiere shows spotlight outsized artificial krathong acting as centerpieces to the ponds where thousands of devotees each float their krathong. The ngan wat (temple fairs) that accompany this joyous period nationwide typically include beauty contests to crown a live Nang Noppamat.
The pageants act as heats for would-be Miss Thailand contestants, and provide an embodiment of ideal femininity for festival parades and ceremonies.

Yipeng
At the related festival of Yipeng in Chiang Mai, northerners launch the airborne equivalent of a krathong. Khom loi (floating lanterns) comprise a paper balloon with a burner lit below the narrow opening at its base. Teams of participants hold the bag while the air expands inside, until it surges aloft. Frequently trailing a firework it joins countless other khom loi to create a man-made firmament on a night when moonbeams occludes real starlight. Awed by the spectacle, people launching khom loi don’t so much wish upon a shooting star, as upon a floating star. Thai faith is all about slowing things down to a pace where one can contemplate.

Loi Krathong Today
Scholars often attribute Loi Krathong’s modern incarnation to ladies at the court of King Rama III in the early nineteenth century. Like other Rattanakosin-era arts, it evolved into highly elaborated forms that are both standardised in concept and astonishingly diverse in artistic realisation. No two krathong look the same, yet they all conform to one impulse shared by all Thais, young and old, rural and urban. Indeed the rush of traffic to waterways on November 5 underscores a deep need in Thai townsfolk to re-connect to their ancient water culture, to plants, to beauty, to nature.

From http://www.royalfloraexpo.com/

Loi Krathong

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When the tide is high and rivers brim on the full moon in November, Thais pay tribute to water. Held this year on November 5, the Loi Krathong festival sees most of the population head to canals, streams or rivers like the Ping or Chao Phraya to bless this element so central to their culture, and to seek forgiveness for using and polluting it in the process. Thais say this thank you with flowers. Only we don’t present bunches or even garlands; we fit the plants architecturally into krathong — elaborate natural rafts that they construct from materials found in the traditional Thai garden or field. Most urbanites, however, buy ready-made krathong from pierside stalls.

What is a Krathong?
Unlike offerings to altar, vehicle or shrine, a krathong needs to loi (float), so they’re made of nature’s Styrofoam: slices of yuak gluay (banana trunk). Environmentalists and traditionalists have fought recent attempts to substitute plastic Styrofoam, and have largely kept the festivities green. In a contemporary compromise, inventive souls now bake multi-colour dyed bread krathong to subsequently feed the fish and turtles, though the crust makes it hard to pierce with pins or flower stems. Two-inch slices of yuak kluay provide better buoyancy and fibrousness for attaching the decoration, which is suffused with auspicious meaning. This miniature vessel embodies many levels of Thai arts and beliefs, helping to keep the craft skills alive.

Leaf origami
This time of year, the country’s banana trees get shorn of their most pristine leaves (bai tong). Over a meter long, they are de-spined and spliced into square sections suitable for cutting out to wrap the float and to fold into shapes derived from lai thai — the intricate patterns that form a symbolic language seen throughout temples, palaces and traditional arts.
Around the edge, nimble fingers are required to pleat blades of tang maprao (coconut leaves) into boxy geometric protrusions that come to resemble an open lotus pad. Bamboo pins keep the origami under tension in case it springs undone.

On top rises a lotus bud shaped spire built of bai tong. At its core, a chedi (stupa) shaped cone of leaf typically contains cooked sticky rice. The rice not only symbolises a staple derived from aquaculture, but its broad-based weight steadies the raft and its glutenous mass secures the myriad pins attaching the pointed side decorations. Called jeeb krathong (splayed leaves), the decorations evoke the jeeb finger gesture intrinsic to Thai dance. Tipped with dok phud (white jasmine buds), these sprays of twisted banana leaf also get dubbed nom maew from their resemblance to cat’s nipples.

On board the raft you find various lucky flowers, though none with negative connotations like lan thom (frangipani), which sounds like the term for sorrow. Dok bua (lotus buds) are most prevalent, along with yellow dao reuang (chrysanthmum), red dok kulaab (rose) and baan mai rue roy (globe amaranth), a bristly, non-wilting bloom that comes in white or purple. Orchids — sometimes dyed with even brighter hues than nature intended — are increasingly common stow-aways.

Completing the offering are the requisite candle and triple sticks of incense of Buddhist worship. Since the idea has arisen that you can wash your troubles away on launching your krathong, many Thais place a tiny piece of themselves — such as a hair or nail clipping — into the craft, along with a coin for good fortune.

Historic symbolism

Karon Beach

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Phuket Beach, Thailand

Karon is concentrated around three main areas. In the Karon Plaza area on the south end there a number of budget guesthouses, restaurants and bars. The side sois are worth exploring, particularly the one that leads to a small art community, where some budding Thai painters have built a complex of huts, pubs and art galleries in which they live and work. Nearby, on the beach road leading to Kata, is the newly opened football stadium, which hosts both local and international sporting events.

The sprawling grounds of Thavorn Palm Beach Resort and the Phuket Arcadia Resort and Spa dominate much of the central part of Karon, then just north of these is Aroona Plaza. Aroona, which opened a few years ago, houses a range of nice handicraft shops, good restaurants and cafes, a few bars and a hotel modeled after the Sino-Portuguese architecture of Old Phuket. The nice, wide avenue is ideal for taking an evening stroll and doing some shopping.

The north end features the Karon Circle, which has sculptures of workers commemorating Phuket's tin-mining and agricultural past. The busy Patak East Rd leading back from the circle is a jumble of bars, restaurants, all kinds of shops and small hotels. While Karon's nightlife is more subdued than Patong, the bars along this road can get lively and loud in the evenings. Just north of the circle is a small lake, around which a public park and outdoor theatre are being developed.

Unlike Patong Beach, big-name restaurants and fast food chains have yet to arrive in Karon, but it is by no means lacking in dining options. The restaurants of the larger resorts offer gorgeous settings and fine food, while the streets are clogged with a range of seafood, Thai and Western restaurants. For a spectacular sunset view, drive just a few minutes' north of the beach and stop in at one of the cliffside restaurants up the hill.

For lunch, the stalls set up on the beach just north of the circle are worth trying for their curries and other Thai dishes at reasonable prices, and also for the sheer pleasure of feeling only sand underfoot and an unfettered view of the sea as you dine.

Birthday Anniversary 5th December 2007

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The Celebrations on the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the King’s 80th Birthday Anniversary 5th December 2007

After the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s accession to the throne this year, the Government and the people of Thailand will continue to celebrate, because of another important occasion next year. It is the 80th birthday celebrations of His Majesty the King.

The Office of His Majesty’s Principal Private Secretary said in its letter to the Government that His Majesty had granted royal permission for the use of the following title in English for the royal ceremonies and celebrations on this auspicious occasion:

“The Celebrations on the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the King’s 80th Birthday Anniversary 5th December 2007.”

One of major events to mark this occasion is the Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006, or the International Horticultural Exposition for His Majesty the King. This world-class event is scheduled for 1 November 2006 to 31 January 2007. In fact, it is meant to celebrate the dual occasion of the 60th anniversary of His Majesty’s accession to the throne and his 80th birthday anniversary.

Born at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States, on Monday, 5 December 1927, His Majesty was the third child of His Royal Highness Prince Mahidol of Songkla and Mrs. Sangwan Talapat. While born the son of a prince, His Majesty was not directly in line to the throne. No one imagined that the boy born at Mount Auburn Hospital would one day be a king.

The publication Thailand: Traits and Treasures, published by the National Identity Office, states that, in the past, Thailand did not have any distinct royal ceremonies to celebrate the monarch’s birthday anniversary, as is practiced nowadays. The royal ceremony on the King’s birthday anniversary was initiated in the reign of King Rama IV, who ruled the Kingdom from 1851 to 1868. Two events marked the celebration of the King’s birthday anniversary. They are the ceremony to pay respect to the Buddha image and the merit-making at both the Royal Palace and at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.

Besides royal ceremonies, several activities in support of public charities are held to celebrate this important event, both through private initiative and by government agencies. The Government hosts a festive reception in celebration of His Majesty the King’s birthday at Government House on December 7. This event is graced by the presence of members of the Royal Family and attended by invited guests, including eminent personages of the Kingdom and foreign dignitaries.

In 1960, His Majesty the King’s birthday anniversary was decreed an important day for the Thai nation. And it continues to be a Thai national day, a most important event in the life of the Thai people.

From:http://thailand.prd.go.th/the_royalty_view.php?id=1651