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Their Majesties preside over annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony

May 09, 2025

Their Majesties the King and Queen presided over the annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony at Sanam Luang in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district on Friday.

Royal Ploughing Ceremony: A royal rite to mark the rice-growing season

May 08, 2025

Thailand’s Royal Ploughing Ceremony, which dates back to the Sukhothai Kingdom, is scheduled for Friday, May 9, to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season.

Toll fees waived on 3 expressways this Friday for Royal Ploughing Day

WEDNESDAY, MAY 07, 2025

Motorists will be able to pass through 61 toll booths on three Bangkok expressways free of charge from 12.01am to midnight on Friday (May 9) for Royal Ploughing Day.

Royal Ploughing Ceremony forecasts bumper crops and prosperity for year ahead

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023

The year ahead will be one of bumper crops, booming trade, and economic growth for Thailand, according to Wednesday morning’s Royal Ploughing Ceremony.

Royal Ploughing Ceremony kicks off rice-growing season

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023

Their Majesties King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida on Tuesday evening oversaw a ceremony to appoint the Phraya Raekna (Lord of the Royal Ploughing Ceremony) and Celestial Maidens for the Royal Ploughing Ceremony on Wednesday (May 17).

King and Queen offer blessings for Royal Ploughing Ceremony

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2022

Their Majesties King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana on Thursday oversaw a ceremony to appoint the Phraya Raekna (Lord of the Royal Ploughing Ceremony) and Celestial Maidens for the Royal Ploughing Ceremony.

Royal Ploughing Ceremony to forecast harvest on Friday

TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022

The Royal Ploughing Ceremony is an ancient royal tradition observed in Thailand every year to mark the start of the rice-growing season.

Rice Department to distribute special rice granted by His Majesty

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022

To celebrate the upcoming Royal Ploughing Ceremony, which will be held at Bangkok’s Sanam Luang on May 13, the Rice Department is handing out six breeds of rice weighing 1,728 kilograms that it received from His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

Two pairs of sacred oxen unveiled for royal Ploughing Ceremony

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022

The Department of Livestock Development on Monday unveiled two pairs of sacred oxen for the royal Ploughing Ceremony at Bangkok’s Sanam Luang on May 13.

His Majesty the King presides over the royal Ploughing Ceremony

THURSDAY, MAY 09, 2019

His Majesty the King presided over the royal Ploughing Ceremony at Bangkok's Sanam Luang on Thursday morning, which produced a prediction that there will be enough water for farming while rice, food, and fruits will be abundant this year.

Farmers plead for price hike as season begins

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday said he was pleased with the Royal Ploughing Ceremony’s forecast for prosperity but urged the public to understand the government’s slow and steady approach for sustainable results in national development.

Signs mostly favourable in Royal Ploughing Ceremony