MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT FOR THE THAI ROYAL LAND PROCESSION
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https://doi.org/10.14456/nrru-rdi.2022.80Keywords:
Music ensemble, Royal ceremony, Thai royal land processionAbstract
The royal land procession is a procession that was conducted by land use or on the road of the King. The oldest archaeological evidence on the mainland of Southeast Asia was found in a low relief carving on the wall of the outer crooked balcony on the south side of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world in the Kingdom of Cambodia. It revealed the musical instruments in the procession of King Suryavarman II in the 17th century. For Thai historical records, the evidence was first found in literature since the Sukhothai era as a capital city, then it became clearer between the continuing period of Ayutthaya to Rattanakosin, especially in the archives written by foreigners and various types of royal chronicles. Currently, there are two main groups of music that appear in the royal land procession: the fanfare group and an instrument group, which both consists of traditional and western music. The music has symbolic and ritual significance to the procession. It, therefore, is classified and glorified as one to honor the king, as well as to enhance the greatness of Thai royal ceremony, indicating the royal status, and royal power and to show the majesty of the monarch or the mighty sovereignty, which can find no one equal.
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