During the reign of King Bhumibol, the royal barge procession was held on various occasions — the royal kathin ceremony in 1959, 1961 and 1967, the bicentennial celebration of the Rattanakosin ...

BANGKOK (AFP): Thousands of well-wishers lined the banks of Bangkok's Chao Phraya River Sunday to watch King Maha Vajiralongkorn ride a glittering royal barge procession to mark his 72nd birthday.

There are not many artists with the highly skilled craftsmanship required to restore a royal barge, so we must do a large amount of work in a limited time with a small number of people. Why is the ...

Thailand’s King and Queen have taken part in the majestic Royal Barge procession in Bangkok. This marked the King’s 72nd ...

The procession director Datuk Ronald Gan explained that the name Wangkang or "royal ship" was a portmanteau combining the word "wang" meaning king and "kang" meaning junk or ship. The procession ...