Thailand - Rama 9 The Sixtieth Anniversary
The Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty's Accession to the Throne, 2006.
The current king of Thailand is Rama 9; King Bhumibol Adulyadej
(Rama IX) the Great)When His Majesty was still young, 18 yeas old, he acceded to the throne following the death of the former king, his elder brother, King Ananda Mahidol, on June 9, 1946.
The year 2006 marks the 60th Anniversary of His Majesty's Accession to the Throne, making him the present world's longest-reigning Monarch.
Various events to celebrate the anniversary were held in June, 2006.
- Scenery of Bangkok
- General public celebrates
- Royal Barge Procession
- Fireworks for the celebration
- Exhibition in honor of His Majesty
[60th Anniversary] Scenery of Bangkok |
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| Mainly night scenery in Bangkok during the period of the celebration. Very beautiful with lights. |
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| Scenery 1 (Some people sell Thai national flags or another flag with the symbol of the celebration to drivers) |
Scenery 2 (Thai national flags and celebration flags are all over on the street) |
Scenery 3 (A lot of yellow coloured flower along streets for His Majesty) |
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| Scenery 4 (A street at night. Decorated with a lot of lights.) |
Scenery 5 (Pictures of the King on the street are also brightly lit.) |
Scenery 6 (This picture of the King is also brightly lit) |
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| Scenery 7 (Various decorations on the street) |
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| Scenery 8 (This is a beautiful decoration also on the street) |
Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall (The old parliament building. The celebration was held with other kings and queens from oversees.) |
Chitralada Villa, Dusit Palace (The royal residence of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the ninth monarch of Thailand's Royal House of Chakri. The pictures above are the scenery of it at night. How wonderful with electric spectaculars.) |
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[60th Anniversary] General public celebrates |
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| The speeches at Chitralada Villa, Dusit Palace of His Majesty was
held 9 Jun 2006. There are not so many occasions where His Majesty makes a speech to the general public directly. In this opportunity, many citizens, the news says 25 thousand or 1 million people in yellow, filled the place all over. By the way, the colour " yellow " is seen or heard in many occasions related this anniversary. This colour is, the birthday of the King is Monday and the colour of Monday in Thailand is " yellow ". That is, people wear a yellow shirt and show their love to the King. In the address of His Majesty, he stated that Thai people should firmly uphold virtue and unity, and it leads them to bring progress and prosperity to the country.
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| Early morning (The scenery around 5 o'clock in the early morning. A lot of people are walking toward Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall.) |
Decorations on the street (Ratchdumnoen Avenue on the way to Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall) |
Before dawn (Around 5:30 in the morning. People already fills the open space in front of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall.) |
After dawn (More people gathers !) |
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| Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall 1 (Around noon. The speech almost get started. Full of the citizens.) |
Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall 2 (Blur but a little close up shot. The King addresses on the second floor.) |
Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall 3 (A big monitor is set up in the open space. The scene of the King's speech is going on.) |
After the speech (People are going back home. Everyone is still excited and moved.) |
[60th Anniversary] Royal Barge Procession |
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| The Royal Barge Procession on the Chao Phraya River was held 12th, June
in 2006, attended by the Emperor and Empress of Japan also. A barges is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods.(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) The Royal Barge Procession starts from the Grand Palace (Wat Phra Kaeo) and goes down to the temple, Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn). A total of 52 spectacle barges sail down the river. They practiced again and again for the ceremony, and the pictures here were taken on 9th June, one of dress rehearsals. < Royal Barge Procession >
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| With Wat Arun (Start here. Wat Arun and royal barges.) |
Suphannahongse (The most important royal barge only for the King. Width 3m, length 46m. 50 oarsmen and 15 crews.) |
Various barges 1 (A lot of barges are coming and going. The scenery is wonderful.) |
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| Various barges 2 (Various barges are coming and going. The ones that the oarsman paddle up a oar are special barges such as Suphannahongse that is only for the King.) |
Close-up of barges (oarsmen and crews are in gorgeous dresses.) |
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| Close-up of barges (oarsmen and crews are in gorgeous dresses.) |
Other barges (A lot of barges have oarsmen in white. Are they escort boat for royal barges ? ) |
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[60th Anniversary] Fireworks for the celebration |
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| Some of the events for the celebration, fireworks shows were held. Spectacular Performance and Fireworks Display in Honor of His Majesty the King, "The light of Hope and Loyalty ", was held on the bank of Muang Thong Thani Lake, Chaeng Wattana Road, Nonthaburi Province, 17 June 2006. This part is for the fireworks around Chao Phraya river, 10 June 2006. |
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| Night Scene (Chao Phraya river. On the bridge, can not go ahead by car easily because of the crowd waiting for the fireworks.) |
Fireworks 1 | Fireworks 2 | Fireworks 3 |
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| Fireworks 4 | Fireworks 5 | Fireworks 6 | Fireworks 7 |
[60th Anniversary] Exhibition in honor of His Majesty |
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IMPACT Arena had the Exhibition in honor of His Majesty the King to celebrate his 60th
year on the throne.(IMPACT Exhibition Center, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi Province) The exhibition features His Majesty's biography, successive Kings, His Majesty's activities, and royally initiated projects. The place is really full of people. By the way, they sell yellow shirts here and a great number of people rushed and bought them; there was a day when one million shirts were sold within a half day. This is because "yellow" is the birthday colour of His Majesty and people want to show their love to the King to wear a yellow shirt, and also the government recommend that people should wear a yellow shirt everyday until 15 June 2006 and every Monday up to the end of the year 2006.
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| The Place and the Symbol (The scenery of the front of the place and the symbol of the anniversary) |
A great number of people (Right after the entrance. It's packed.) |
Map (The map of this place) |
Royal Projects (The entrance to the Royal project exhibition room. The picture is His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.) |
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| Thai style and the King (A Thai styled house and a big picture of the King) |
Successive Kings (From the top, Rama 1 to Rama 8) |
Babyhood (Babyhood of the King) |
Childhood 1 (Pictures of childhood of the King. In the left bottom picture, the right boy is the King Bhumibol Adulyadej.) |
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| Childhood 2 (In the middle picture, the left boy is older brother (Rama 8) and it looks like the middle person used to be a teacher.) |
Childhood 3 (In the middle picture, the left boy is older brother (Rama 8) and the right is the King Bhumibol Adulyadej.) |
Becoming a king 1 (He acceded to the throne following the death of the former king, his elder brother, King Ananda Mahidol, on June 9, 1946. What is the monk giving him ? :) ) |
Becoming a king 2 (He acceded to the throne following the death of the former king, his elder brother, King Ananda Mahidol, on June 9, 1946. The coronation ceremony finished ?) |
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| With Her Majesty Queen Sirikit (on April 28, the royal wedding took place at Pathumwan Palace.) |
The King and the people (His Majesty goes a long way and see their lives. All people gathered to the King.) |
Outside of IMPACT Arena (A lot of people visit. Very fine day. :) ) |
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<About King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) the Great>
- The Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty's Accession to the
Throne
(This link is not active now: The Government Public Relations Department) - His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Royal Thai Embassy, Tokyo)
- LONG LIVE HIS MAJESTY THE KING (BANGKOK POST)
- Rama IX(Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
- KING RAMA IX (ThaiWorldView)
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