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What is Thailand’s Royal Ploughing Ceremony?

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Officials from Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives take part in the second full rehearsal for the Royal Ploughing Ceremony at Sanam Luang in Bangkok on Thursday ahead of the official rite on 11 May.

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Thailand is preparing for the annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony, one of the kingdom’s oldest and most symbolic royal traditions linked to agriculture and the rice-growing season.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on Thursday held the second full rehearsal for the ceremony at Sanam Luang ahead of the official rite on 11 May.

Winairoj Subsongsuk, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, performed the role of Phra Ya Raek Na, or Lord of the Plough, during the rehearsal.

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