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The Royal Ploughing Ceremony

        The Royal Ploughing Ceremony is an ancient royal rite to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season. The date is usually in May, The auspicious day and time are set by the Royal Brahman astrologer because the original ceremony is of Brahman.

        In the ceremony which is held at Royal Field (Sanam Luang ) in Bangkok, two sacred oxen are hitched to a wooden plough and they plough a furrow in some ceremonial ground, while rice seed is sown by Lord of the Ploughing Ceremony.    After the ploughing, the oxen are offered plates of food, including rice, corn, green beans, sesame, fresh-cut grass, water and rice whisky.

        Depending on what the oxen eat, make a prediction on whether the coming growing season will be bountiful or not. The ceremony is rooted in Brahman belief, and is held to ensure a good harvest.

        Afterward, onlookers swarm the field to gather the seed, which is believed to be auspicious. Farmers will often mix the grains with their own rice stock, or the grains might be kept as a good luck charm.

       Question Discussing

         1.  Do you think what will happen if the oxen didn’t eat anything from offered food ?

        2.   Why should the consecrated ladies who carry gold and silver basket be singel ?

       3.    Do you believe in preciction ? Why or why not ?

      Suggesion Activities

                A : Matching the new words and meanin

                          A                                                                 B                                                                                                  

       1.   Royal Field                                               a.     เหลือเฟือ

       2.   Aancient Royal Rite                                 b.    โอกาสพิเศษ                                    

       3.   auspicious                                                 c.     คันไถ

       4.    Brahman                                                  d.     พระยาแรกนา

       5.    astrologer                                                 e.    ไถคราด              

       6.    prediction                                                f .     โหราศาสตร์              

       7.    wooden plough                                       g       พราหมณ์

       8.    furrow                                                     h.      พิธีโบราณ

       9.    Lord of the Ploughing Ceremony           i.       สนามหลวง

    10.     bountiful                                                 j.       คำทำนาย

              B. Answer the questions.

       1. Where did the first Ploughing Ceremony take place ?

       2. Who can set the day and time for this rite ?

       3. Why farmers mix the grains with their own rice stock ?

          Subject Integration     

     This lesson can integrate with Thai / Sosial Study /Art / Science and Math.

         Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Ploughing_Ceremony

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