royal ploughing ceremony

E162373

Thai royal ceremony agricultural festival state ritual

The royal ploughing ceremony is an ancient Thai state ritual marking the traditional start of the rice-growing season, intended to bless and predict the year’s agricultural prosperity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Plowing Ceremony	1
royal ploughing ceremony canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Thai royal ceremony ⓘ agricultural festival ⓘ state ritual ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Phra Ratcha Phithi Charot Phra Nangkhan Raek Na Khwan ⓘ royal ploughing ceremony ⓘ surface form: Royal Plowing Ceremony
associatedWith	Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand ⓘ Thai farmers ⓘ Thai royal family ⓘ surface form: Thai monarchy
audience	Buddhist monks ⓘ government officials ⓘ public spectators ⓘ
ceremonialLeader	Lord of the Plough ⓘ
country	Thailand ⓘ
culturalSignificance	affirmation of rice as staple crop ⓘ symbol of royal patronage of agriculture ⓘ
dateFormat	set by royal astrologers ⓘ
hasComponent	Brahmin rituals ⓘ Buddhist chanting ⓘ ploughing of ceremonial field ⓘ selection of food offerings for oxen ⓘ sowing of rice seeds ⓘ use of sacred oxen ⓘ
hasOutcome	blessing for farmers ⓘ prediction of harvest quality ⓘ prediction of rainfall ⓘ
hasPurpose	bless agricultural activities ⓘ mark start of rice-growing season ⓘ predict agricultural prosperity ⓘ
language	Thai ⓘ
locatedIn	Bangkok ⓘ
location	Sanam Luang ⓘ
mainCrop	rice ⓘ
performedBy	Thai monarch ⓘ court Brahmins ⓘ royal representatives ⓘ
recognizedAs	important Thai cultural heritage ⓘ
religion	Brahmanism ⓘ Buddhism ⓘ
season	rice-growing season ⓘ
symbolizes	fertility of the land ⓘ harmony between monarchy and farmers ⓘ
timeOfYear	May ⓘ early rainy season ⓘ
tradition	Indic agricultural rites ⓘ ancient Khmer royal rituals ⓘ
uses	auspicious food offerings ⓘ blessed rice seeds ⓘ sacred oxen ⓘ sacred plough ⓘ

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Input

Subject: royal ploughing ceremony
Description of subject: The royal ploughing ceremony is an ancient Thai state ritual marking the traditional start of the rice-growing season, intended to bless and predict the year’s agricultural prosperity.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King of Thailand → ceremonialDuties → royal ploughing ceremony ⓘ

royal ploughing ceremony → alsoKnownAs → royal ploughing ceremony ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Ploughing Ceremony

this entity surface form: Royal Plowing Ceremony