I note many wore their hair short and combed back in times past - not a great look but fashion and what is perceived as beautiful change
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I note many wore their hair short and combed back in times past - not a great look but fashion and what is perceived as beautiful change
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a noble lady existed in the reign of King Rama V. She was a daughter of the ruler of Songkhla.
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Nice to hear from you again and have a happy New Year!
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a stage setup for a photography taking under the theme of ‘Gambling’.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows ancient religious ruins called Chula Prathon Chedi. It is estimated to be constructed way back between the years 350s – 600s.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a part of Princess Siwilailak (page34/830)'s funeral ceremony which was a talk of the town. It was the first time ever that the public could join the royal funeral. It was said to be one of the most joyful times. Everyone, may they be royalty, noble or commoner from everywhere each tried to find an opportunity to come joining this event.
There was a saying that "Whoever did not come to this event was considered utterly out of date".
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the old city gate of Songkhla City built in 1836 in the reign of King Rama III.
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....and somewhat short lived through the mid and late Chulalongkorn era - was the rage throughout the Queen's court, as they took up the fashion that was already the style among the everyday [female] commons.Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
Referring to page 64/1600, the colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a Lanna princess who was Princess Dara Rasami (page 29/706)’s mother. The photo was shot in Bangkok by Francis chit (page 27/673) who was the first Siamese to open a photography studio.
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As sharp as i am i have noted on visits to various old sites around Thailand that they invest quite a bit of effort in making big gates and entry battlements but you could basically Fosbury flop over most of the surrounding walls.Quote:
Originally Posted by nathanielnong
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows King Rama VI (1910 – 1925) being disguised as a cardinal in his play adapted from an American play titled ‘The Royal Family’ by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman.
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Enjoying your comment...Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows Francis chit’ s son (page 27/673) who was also a renowned photographer, after his father, in the reign of King Rama VI (1910-1925).
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a view inside a concentration camp set at Nakorn Prathom Province during the WWII. In the photo, a prisoner of war and a Siamese officer helped each other making alcohol distillation used for medical treatment.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the Equestrian statue of Chulalongkorn the Great at the center of the Royal Plaza in Bangkok in early 1900s.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows Bualai (1847- 1932), the 7-day ruler of the kingdom of Prae (now a province / her husband went down to Bangkok serving for the Siam government).
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a grandson (one of so many) of King Rama V who later built Suan Pakkad Palace located on Sri Ayutthaya Road, south of the Victory Monument. It has been now converted into a museum displaying Thai antiques including Ban Chiang pottery which dated over 4,000 years old.
The name Suan Pakkad translates as "Cabbage Patch". The museum's collection of five traditional pavilions is one of the best examples of traditional domestic architecture in the city. The Lacquer Pavilion is the most striking building, and is over 450 years old.
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Note: The original of this photo is estimated to be taken before 1957.
The enhanced pale colored photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows murals on the walls at Wat Yannawa, Bangkok. The Wat was said to be built during the Ayutthaya Era or before 18th century.
The drawings of big krathong were said to be painted in the early Rattanakosin (19th century) which were used in the royal festivals. They are very rare seen in Thailand nowadays. This temple is the only one that has biggest pictures of this kind of krathong.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the young princes and a lawn mower which was just introduced in their father (King Rama V [1868-1910])’s reign. The machine was brand new to the eyes of Siam so they had to learn how to operate and more over they had to learn how to take care of. Lacking of knowledge, mostly after being used, they were left there at the sites and not for long, the blades were dull and got rusted caused by humidity and dew.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows King Rama V’s biological only sister dressed up in all gold. She was dead from diarrhea at the age of 8 (1885-1863).
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows young brothers and sister, the late King Rama VIII and IX with their late oldest sister dressed up in a play (lakorn).
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My FiL must have attended the same school, he was great at leaving tools around to go rusty. I'm sure he never put anything back just so he could spend an hour or two looking for stuff before he started a job Buddha rest his soulQuote:
Originally Posted by nathanielnong
:smileylaughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows King Rama VII presenting himself on a balcony of Anantasamakom Throne Hall after signing The "Permanent" Constitution of the Kingdom of Siam on 10 December 1932. This event has been recorded in films as seen on the left.
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Medical treatment. Maybe!Quote:
Originally Posted by nathanielnong
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the winner of kite (= wow) festival at Sanum Luang in the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910). This type of kite is called wow Chula.
Note: the term ‘playing a kite’ means in Thai as ‘chug wow’ which can be used as a slang meaning ‘jerking off’.
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Wat Amarinthraram Worawihan (or just Wat Amarin) is located on the southward of Klong Bangkok Noi, next to Siriraj Hospital and Bangkok Noi railway station near the foot of Arun Ammarin bridge.
Wat is an ancient temple dating back to the Ayutthaya period (around 1657–58), although it is not known who built it.
The attraction of the temple is the Sukhothai style Buddha statue named Luang Pho Boat Noi which is as the name says, located in the small chapel behind the main hall.
Wat was heavily damaged by the Allied bombing during the World War II. The only building which was still standing after the War was the chapel that has housed this Buddha statue (a little damaged in the head and has been repaired).
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ taken long before the WWII.
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the king’s hat made in the reign of King Rama IV (mid 1800s). The cloth covering the hat including strap is made of flannel decorated with diamonds in the shape of flowers which can be removable for other purposes. On top fixed with pearl.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a tribal man whose territory was located close to Burma.
From the original B&W photo, pattern on his legs had been assumed to be a tattoo but when being colorized, it is seen clearer that it is more likely to be painting using a solution of lime or white clay (not my opinion!).
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It was under 'construction'! It is now...Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a Siamese nobleman with a title given by the King as ‘Luang’. This person was responsible for taking care of the tribute bestowed by King Rama IV upon Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie at the great Salle de Bal in the Château de Fontainebleau, France on 27 June, 1861. The tribute is now shown in the Empress Eugénie’s Chinese Museum.
The original of this photo was taken by a French photographer named Jacques Philippe Potteau.
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A pilgrimage in 1890s
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A locksmith in early 1960s
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A documentary (photos not included) titled: Royal topknot removing ceremony
While the royal topknot removing ceremony was discontinued in 1932, with the end of Siam's system of absolute monarchy, it is important to preserve knowledge about this dazzling ritual for cultural, historic and purely aesthetic reasons.
This important rite of passage to adolescence was held when a prince was aged somewhere between 11 and 13 and a princess, 9 to 11 years of age.
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The last royal topknot-cutting ceremony was held for Princess Sudasiri Sobha, a daughter of a Prince who was one of King Rama V's many sons, not long before the bloodless revolution of June 1932 which brought to an end many centuries of absolute monarchy.
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The cultural significance of this long-defunct tradition, for which very elaborate and costly garments, jewelry and other apparel being specially created, was a long-standing tradition in Siam for young children of the monarch and high-ranking aristocrats to wear their hair in a topknot.
The topknot tradition in old Siamese culture is possibly derived from the custom of depicting members of the Hindu pantheon of gods with their hair drawn back into a tight coil on the top of their heads. Doing so was believed to protect these youngsters from harm.
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In general, the children would keep their topknots until they turned 11 at which point it would be ritually shaved off (although the ceremony could be delayed until the child's 13th birthday). The ceremony served as a rite of passage, signifying that the person was no longer a little child, but was transitioning towards adulthood.
Members of the royal family holding the rank of phra ong chao (child or grandchild of the union between a king and a commoner) upwards referred to this topknot removing ceremony as ‘sokan’. Royals of lower ranks (from Mom Chao downwards) used the word ‘kesakan’ for the same ceremony.
When a royal child had reached the right age for this rite of passage, the royal court astrologers would be consulted and asked to set an auspicious date and time for the ceremony, during which both Buddhist and Brahmin rituals would be performed simultaneously.
The venue was usually taken place the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall within the Grand Palace. In the early years of the Rattanakosin period, the sokan/kesakan usually coincided with Sampat Chorachin, a Siamese New Year tradition observed in the fourth month of the lunar calendar. Later, topknot removing ceremonies were scheduled to coincide with Triyampawai, the Brahmin New Year celebration which revolved around the Giant Swing (Sao Ching Cha) that now stands in front of Wat Suthat.
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When the auspicious moment came, a court official would remove the little crown resting on the topknot of the prince (or princess), uncoil the hair and divide it into three separate locks using gold, silver and gold-bronze spoons. To each of the locks of hair the courtier would attach nine gem-studded rings and nine bael leaves using gold, silver and gold-bronze threads, respectively. (bael = matoom, a Thai plant — this kind of leave have long been used in auspicious ceremonies in Siam/Thailand because Brahmins consider the bael tree to be holy because of its links with the god Shiva.)
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The reigning king would cut off the first lock of the child's hair, the most senior relative of the child would snip the second lock and the child's father would deal with the third. While this went on the onlookers would be entertained with music played on traditional instruments (gongs, shells, horns, xylophones and klong khaek drums).
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Afterwards, the child would be led to another area to have his/her head completely shaved and to change into a new set of clothes before re-emerging to present food, new saffron robes and other religious apparel to invited monks.
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According to royal protocol handed down from the days of Ayutthaya, no less than four sets of garments would be changed into and out of by each prince/princess during the course of their big day.
Separate attire was required for the following separate segments of the ceremony: while all present listened to a monk delivering an introductory sermon; for the actual topknot-cutting and subsequent ritual bathing; for the post-bathing offering of food to monks; and for a final wian thian (circumambulation holding a lit candle) ceremony.
The final set of four sets of garments was very formal. It consisted of a crown with a pointed top (worn only by a child born of the king and his queen who was a daughter of the former king), a jongkraben with flaps hanging down the front and at both sides, a long-sleeved top, a diamond-studded belt, a diamond- and gem-studded necklace, a pair of shoes and a dagger.
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Much later in the Rattanakosin era, after the arrival of photography, each prince or princess would be asked to pose for formal portraits, standing next to or seated amid all his or her royal regalia.
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The computer colored photo (well done!) shows the model of Khao Krailad (Mount Kailash) which was a part of the royal top knot removing ceremony of young Prince Chulalongkorn (the future King Rama V).
News read from the Bangkok Recorder printed by Moh Bladlay (Dr. Dan Beach Bradley) told that it was the greatest top knot ceremony because it was for the ‘future king’.
On the day of the most important part of the ceremony which included the grand procession, King Rama IV, the young Prince’s father, had ordered the Europeans and Americans of various positions to be invited into the Grand Palace to admire its grandeur and prestige of the ceremony.
Officers were ordered to provide best seats for them in order to have a clear watch. The interpreters for the service were also provided to explain more details in case any honorable farung did not understand any parts of the ceremony or else.
When the ceremony was done, all the farung admired the grandeur of the ceremony but there were also some remarks spread to the King’s ears that such big ceremony could cause a lot of money.
So, the King had issued a notice explaining the reason which was according to the ancient and royal tradition that he wanted to preserve.
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows 3 Umdang (ancient term calling female locals) You, Noo (younger sister) and Sin (the daughter).
Umdang You became a wife of an heir of a millionaire in the reign of King Rama III (early 1800s). As a good ‘in-law’, she helped prospering her husband’s family’s financial status by issuing loans and mortgages.
It was said that the family set a room to contain money. They fixed chains of small bells on the windows that would ring once an intruder entered.
Umdang You died in 1893 in the reign of King Rama V.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows Songkran festival in the old days which was also the beginning of Siam New Year.
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The Vassa is the three-month annual retreat taking place during wet season. The Vassa lasts for three lunar months, usually from July to October.
For the duration of Vassa, monastics remain in one place, typically a monastery or temple grounds. In Thailand, it is called "Khao Phansa". In the beginning of the festival, there is a parade of elaborate candles to a wat then a competition to find the most beautiful one is held.
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows all the competitors showing their Khao Phansa candles. The location is somewhere in Sakonnakorn Province.
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Bamrung Mueang Road is the second paved road in Bangkok which was built in 1863 after Charoen Krung Road or “New Road” in the reign of King Rama IV (1851-1868). Originally, the road has existed since the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809).
Nowadays, the road cuts through the old fortified city of Rattanakosin Island from west to east, beginning near the Grand Palace. It was the main thoroughfare as the city expanded eastward and away from the Chao Phraya River in the early 20th century.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows Bamrung Mueang Road, heading to Pratoo Pee which is seen near the, old location, Giant Swing (left) and Golden Mount (far left), in the reign of King Rama IV flanked by connecting colonnades forming a “five-foot way” which is a feature commonly found in Malaysia and Singapore. Today, they have been walled up, and as such this segment of the road lacks pedestrian walkways.
Attachment 99534A part of Bamrung Mueang Road nowadays.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the renovation of Assumption Cathedral, the principal Roman Catholic church of Siam/Thailand. The renovation in the Romanesque style started from 1910 and ended in 1918.
However, in 1942, during World War II, nearby buildings were destroyed by allied bombing which resulted in serious damage to the church. It underwent extensive restoration shortly afterwards, and was partly refurbished in the 1980s and 1990s.
Assumption Cathedral had been visited by two supreme pontiffs. First, in May 1984 the cathedral welcomed Pope John Paul II and on the 22nd of November 2019, Pope Francis visited the cathedral during his apostolic visit to Thailand where he conducted the holy mass with catholic youth from around the country, given that the church is the center of the Roman Catholic diocese there.