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  2. Thai cultural mandates - Wikipedia

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    The cultural mandates or state decrees (Thai: รัฐนิยม, pronounced [rát.tʰā.ní.jōm]; RTGS: ratthaniyom; literally "state fashion" or "state customs") were a series of twelve edicts issued between 1939 and 1942 by the government of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram during his first term as prime minister and military dictator ...

  3. Thaification - Wikipedia

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    Thaification is a byproduct of the nationalist policies mandated by the Thai state after the Siamese coup d'état of 1933.The coup leaders, said to be inspired by Western ideas of an exclusive nation state, acted more in accordance with their close German nationalist and anti-democratic counterparts to effect kingdom-wide dominance by the Central Thai culture.

  4. History of Thailand (1932–1973) - Wikipedia

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    Thai poster from the cultural mandate era demonstrating prohibited dress on the left and proper dress on the right. Modernisation was also an important theme in Phibun's new Thai nationalism. From 1939 to 1942 he issued a set of twelve cultural mandates. In addition to requiring that all Thais salute the flag, know the national anthem, and ...

  5. Thai cultural restoration of 1946–48 - Wikipedia

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    Thai cultural restoration of 1946–48 was the cultural and social policy of the government of Khuang Aphaiwong and Pridi Banomyong following Thailand's participation in World War II. It abolished the Thai cultural mandates that had been introduced between 1939 and 1942 by the government of Plaek Phibunsongkhram with the goal of modernising the ...

  6. Category:Culture of Thailand - Wikipedia

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    Thai cultural mandates; Thai cultural restoration of 1946–48; Thai funeral; Thai greeting; Thai honorifics; Thai kites; Thai literature; Thai name; Thai National Anthem; Thai numerals; Thai Sign Language; Thai six-hour clock; Thai spelling reform of 1942; Thai studies; Thai topknot-cutting ceremony; Thai units of measurement; Thai-Bharat ...

  7. Thai PM finalises cabinet, expects to seek royal approval ...

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    Thailand's new cabinet has been selected and should be submitted for royal endorsement within this week, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Monday. ... the populist Pheu Thai quickly ...

  8. Water Cooler: The surprising history of pad thai

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    Certainly more than you would expect. Pad thai is such a popular and well-revered Thai dish that one would assume it must come from a long history of culinary tradition, with generations of Thai ...

  9. Plaek Phibunsongkhram - Wikipedia

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    His goal aimed to uplift the national spirit and moral code of the nation and instil progressive tendencies and a newness into Thai life. A series of cultural mandates were issued by the government, which encouraged all Thais to salute the flag in public places, learn the new national anthem and use the standardised Thai language (not regional ...