Emjaroen Gallery

The occasion of the 60th anniversary of the accession to the throne of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej was marked by a veritable patriotic fervor among the citizenry. Portraits of the Monarch were accompanied by a sea of yellow as Thais donned clothes in the color of the King’s day of birth. There were fabulous light-and-sound extravaganzas and a Royal Barges procession to mark the joyous event as royalty from around the world attended. These pageants re-enacted a wide range of cultural activities that interwove and cultivated concepts of nationhood and Thai-ness (khwampenthai). Their goal was to fortify the notion of stability and security through the spectacular promotion of Nation, Religion, and Monarchy – the three pillars of nation state ideology in Thailand. By their symbolic affirmation of these beliefs, Thai people are expected to experience their affirmation of national identity.

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