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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 ...
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.
Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse (Thai: วัชเรศร วิวัชรวงศ์; RTGS: Watchareson Wiwatcharawong; born 27 May 1981), commonly referred to by Thai media as Than Oun (Thai: ท่านอ้น), [2] is a Thai-American attorney and former member of the Thai Royal Family. [3] Based in New York, Vivacharawongse is the ...
Pages in category "Culture of Thailand" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total. ... Thai cultural mandates; Thai cultural restoration of 1946 ...
Phibun immediately promoted Thai nationalism (to the point of ultranationalism), and to support this policy, he launched a series of major reforms, known as the Thai Cultural Revolution, to increase the pace of modernisation in Thailand. His goal aimed to uplift the national spirit and moral code of the nation and instil progressive tendencies ...
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 ...
New York City’s plan to ban unvaccinated people from indoor restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues gives legal experts reason to expect the vaccine rule will test the authority of a century ...
Even non-Thai restaurants may include Thai-influenced dishes on their menu like Pad Thai and Thai tea. Thai culture's prominence in the United States is disproportionate to their numbers. The stationing of American troops in Thailand during the Vietnam War exposed the GIs to Thai culture and cuisine, and many of them came home with Thai wives.