Father’s Day of ThailandDecember 5

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What does ‘father’ mean to you?

How many fathers do you have?

Do you know why is your father’s day on the third Sunday of June?

What do you do on father’s day?

Do you have any official celebration on father’s day?

Father’s Day of Thailand

The picture that appears in every house of Thailand

Narration: ‘Dad....I promise that I’ll do my best in studying and once I graduate, I’ll come back to do better things for our hometown.’

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRLnM9rnnAQ

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Do you understand the message in the video? What was the video about?

What was the message? What can you conclude from the video?

Whose picture was it hanging on the wall of every house?

Thailand’s Father DayKing - Father, Queen - Mother

King’s birthday = Father’s day

King Phumibol Adulyadeg (Rama IX)

Por Luang, Por = father,

Luang = big

Por Luang = Big father

King Bhumibol Adulyadejborn at the Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA,

December 5, 1927

younger son of HRH Prince Mahidol of Songkhla

Bhumipol Adulyadej means

‘Strength of the Land, Incomparable Power’

King Bhumibol AdulyadejCame to Thailand in 1928

attended school in Bangkok

left Thailand to Switzerland in 1933

By 1945 begun studying at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Death of his elder brother King Ananda mahidol on June 9, 1946

King Phumibol Adulyadejcrowned King of Thailand on May 5, 1950Pledged ‘reign with righteousness for the benefit and happiness of the Siamese people’ Coronation is celebrated on May 5, each yearCoronation day = public holidayJune 9, 2006, celebration of his 60th anniversary as the king of Thailandthe longest reigning monarch in Thai history

His Work

Concern about the well-being of the people

visit his people in rural areas

learn at first had about people’s need

establish over 4,000 royal projects

Royal Projects40% of the project concerns development of water resource

reservoir, royal artificial rain, Monkey’s cheek reservoir projects

Agriculture, environment, occupational promotion, public health, transportation/communications, public welfare and other projects

Father of Thai People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6u9bPXxFtk&feature=related

Video: ปิดทองหลังพระ

How do we celebrate? 85 years of age

festivities throughout the Kingdom

light candles at 7 pm and sing the Thai Royal Anthem

beautiful lights on boats, restaurants and government buildings

Fireworks, concert, lanterns, light and sound

Festivities usually go for 3-5 days

Writing Thai ScriptPhra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Bhumibol Adulyadej Mahitalathibet Ramathibodi Chakkrinaruebodin Sayamminthrathirat Borommanatbophit

พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรมนิทรมหาภมูพิลอดลุยเดช มหิ ตลาธเิบศรรามาธบิดี จกัรนีฤบดินทร สยามนิท

ราธริาช บรมนาถบพติร

References

www.king84.th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6u9bPXxFtk&feature=related

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRLnM9rnnAQ