12/05/2011

Fireworks For The King of Thailand

The king of Thailand, his majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej or Rama IX, celebrated his 84th birthday yesterday, December 5th, 2011. His majesty King Bhumibol is the longest serving monarch in the history of Thailand and in the world. He was crowned king of Thailand on May 5, 1950.

The king's birthday is an event used by his loyal subjects to express their love and respect to him. It is a big national celebration where public places and structures are lavishly decorated with flags and lights, and his pictures. Parks are also richly adorned with flowers.

Fireworks is also one of the highlights which people are looking forward to witness during the king's birthday. For this year's celebration, it is obvious that ceremonies and decorations are less grand than before because of the recent flood that troubled the country. Nevertheless, I would say that the fireworks last night at the King's Park (Suan Luang, Bangkok) was far grander than last year. I took a full 8-minute video of the spectacular event so I didn't get any still shots. BUT I have photos of last year to share.


 
 
 
 
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19 comments:

  1. LindyLouMacDecember 6, 2011 at 4:12 AM

    Calling by as an Our World participant and I am so pleased to find you as we were in Thailand recently and saw all the preparations for this event, postponed though due to the flooding. I have just started a Travel blog myself and will be adding you to my blogroll, great to meet you. :)

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  2. rayaDecember 6, 2011 at 6:05 AM

    wow great photos te! did you take them from your video? have not edited photos yet.. :( thanks for joining te!

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  3. AnonymousDecember 6, 2011 at 7:24 AM

    Fabulous shots - what a celebration!

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  4. k@yeDecember 6, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    The first shot is the best one so far...for me though! :)

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  5. LizDecember 6, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    Fantastic shots!

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  6. Maria @ LSSDecember 6, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    Wow! beautiful shots.

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  7. imriz@homeDecember 6, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    wow, impressive shots. missing the colors of the fireworks:)

    84? wow. hail, the king.

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  8. StefDecember 6, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    Beautiful fireworks display that is!
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  9. UnknownDecember 6, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    wow, beautiful fireworks!

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  10. ShahzDecember 7, 2011 at 4:08 AM

    Fabulous shot- love it..

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  11. Leah H.December 7, 2011 at 6:56 AM

    Oh, so pretty and colorful. I love fireworks..

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  12. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪December 7, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    I have 3 students and they tell me abt this day. In Auckland, they celebrate it in a park on Sunday.

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  13. Lulu PostDecember 7, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    I always love fireworks!

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  14. PinxDecember 7, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    wow! these are nice firework photos! visiting from WW! hope you can drop by mine!

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  15. January ZeleneDecember 7, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    very nice fireworks. I like the first photo very much. abstract ang dating....:)

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  16. DeliDecember 9, 2011 at 5:22 AM

    Nice photos :) Dropping by for WW :)

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  17. UnknownDecember 9, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    Happy 84th Birthday to the king of thailand hehe, wow your fireworks photos are amazing, how did you do that? i wish i know how to use my camera and take pictures of moving object in the dark like you did

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  18. JessicaDecember 10, 2011 at 6:41 PM

    Happy 84th birthday to the King of Thailand, beautiful fireworks pictures :-) Dropping some love for WW, hope that you can return the favor too.
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  19. RcelDecember 10, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    Wow!!! Those are beautiful shots of a hard to take subjects!!! Nice! Thanks for sharing and happy birthday to your country! :)

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