Royal tonsure ceremony
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The sokan ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, 1866
The sokan ceremony (Thai: พระราชพิธีโสกันต์), often translated as royal tonsure ceremony, was an important royal practice in Siam (now Thailand). It was an elaborate form of the Thai topknot-cutting ceremony, reserved for royalty of phra ong chao rank and above.[1]
References[]
- ^ Royal Institute (2013). พจนานุกรมฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน พ.ศ. 2554 [Royal Institute Dictionary B.E. 2554] (in Thai). Bangkok: Nanmee Books. ISBN 978-616-7073-56-9.
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