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Mother’s Day in Thailand

August 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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Today, 12th August is her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand’s birth­day. The Queen, who rules not only the brains but also the hearts of the peo­ple, has earned deep respect for her­self with her hard work for the wel­fare of Thai soci­ety and crafts. The cit­i­zens of Thai­land have deep rev­er­ence for her.

First, I would like to wish Her Majesty the Queen a happy birth­day! As she is regarded as a mother to all Thai peo­ple, we also cel­e­brate 12th August as National Mother’s Day. Thus, I would like to wish­ing all the moth­ers a day as bright and won­der­ful as you are — Happy Mother’s Day to You!

This is the day held in cel­e­bra­tion of the birth in 1932 of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. One could be for­given for think­ing that every day of this par­tic­u­lar year will be ded­i­cated to the Dia­mond Jubilee of King Bhu­mi­bol in cel­e­bra­tion of His Majesty’s sixty years on the throne, but come the 12th of August, the spot­light will focus on Queen Sirikit — “The Mother of The Nation.”

At school yes­ter­day, the stu­dents took part in a spe­cial cer­e­mony to honor Her Majesty. The school prin­ci­pal first pays homage to a por­trait of Her Majesty the Queen. Then the teach­ers, rep­re­sent­ing “all moth­ers” are pre­sented with flow­ers. The cer­e­mony ends with sing spe­cial Mother’s Day songs and tra­di­tional Thai dancing.

For the peo­ple of Thai­land, the Queen’s Birth­day is an occa­sion to express their love and respect for her. The whole king­dom is soaked in joy­ous atmos­phere on the day. Build­ings and homes are adorned with flags, light and por­traits of the Queen. Peo­ple pray to God for their beloved Queen and wish her good health and hap­pi­ness. Swarms of peo­ple come out on the streets of Bangkok in the evening, and light fire­crack­ers. The grandeur of the Grand Palace and Ratchadam­noen Avenue area of Bangkok is beyond description.

At the same time, the Thai gov­ern­ment will hold a series of cel­e­bra­tive events from Her Majesty the Queen’s birth­day to His Majesty the King’s birth­day to pro­mote unity among the peo­ple — Long Live Her Majes­tic Queen Sirikit.

Again, Happy Mother’s Day to all the moth­ers and wish you have a great day!

Speak­ing of that, I missed my mother .….

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