This is to do with the husband and son of a Prime Minister, and if weren't so besotted with the Yingluck clan, you too would agree on the ridiculous pomposity of it all, be it a custom or be it not.

I tried to identify these decorations and can confirm that the two Chinese boys are wearing just stuff from commemorative occasions - so no merit. Our supposedly left wing, populist / socialist / reformist (or whatever) friend looks like she has some more serious things in the upper row - my eyes are not good enough to see.

Anyway that dress up is absolutely ridicolous like out of a very bad movie. The worse is that they and Thais in general are not aware how over the top this is. Makes look Thailand what it really is.......... all about (fake) face.

Anyway it does not buy them good manners and especially mobile phone etiquette at (royal) funerals.

Intriguing how one of the Yingluck's son's commemorative medals was for an event that occurred before he was even born.

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Edited April 14, 201214 yr by Buchholz

http://en.wikipedia....als_of_Thailand

Have you deciphered what the son and husband have?

Maybe some of those medals, apart from having verbose names, are actually meaningless.

IMO all medals are essentially meaningless, it is the *actions* behind the medal that carry the meaningful weight of respect and honour. The medal itself is a trinket, entirely useless even for ID purposes. But if you were awarded it for running into burning buildings and rescuing children from the infernos for 50 years, or carrying a wounded comrade through a hail of bullets, or working unpaid with the sick & dying for many decades, then the medal you wear carries symbolic weight and a sense of shared awe and respect among all who see it. Without that symbolic meaning, it is reduced to just a symbol.

I am not Thai and so I will not comment on the legitimacy of the uniforms and medals that adorn the PM & her family in this Photo. Maybe they are justified & idk.

If the physical medals / uniforms are not earned by acts of devotion, bravery, sacrifice or just selfless hard-work, then they are actually just costume jewellry same as you can buy in any fancydress shop.

Postmasters wear about the same amount of medals on official holidays.

So impressive I could just plotz.

This is to do with the husband and son of a Prime Minister, and if weren't so besotted with the Yingluck clan, you too would agree on the ridiculous pomposity of it all, be it a custom or be it not.

I tried to identify these decorations and can confirm that the two Chinese boys are wearing just stuff from commemorative occasions - so no merit. Our supposedly left wing, populist / socialist / reformist (or whatever) friend looks like she has some more serious things in the upper row - my eyes are not good enough to see.

Anyway that dress up is absolutely ridicolous like out of a very bad movie. The worse is that they and Thais in general are not aware how over the top this is. Makes look Thailand what it really is.......... all about (fake) face.

Anyway it does not buy them good manners and especially mobile phone etiquette at (royal) funerals.

Intriguing how one of the Yingluck's son's commemorative medals was for an event that occurred before he was even born.

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Could it have something to do with his conception?

This is to do with the husband and son of a Prime Minister, and if weren't so besotted with the Yingluck clan, you too would agree on the ridiculous pomposity of it all, be it a custom or be it not.

I tried to identify these decorations and can confirm that the two Chinese boys are wearing just stuff from commemorative occasions - so no merit. Our supposedly left wing, populist / socialist / reformist (or whatever) friend looks like she has some more serious things in the upper row - my eyes are not good enough to see.

Anyway that dress up is absolutely ridicolous like out of a very bad movie. The worse is that they and Thais in general are not aware how over the top this is. Makes look Thailand what it really is.......... all about (fake) face.

Anyway it does not buy them good manners and especially mobile phone etiquette at (royal) funerals.

Intriguing how one of the Yingluck's son's commemorative medals was for an event that occurred before he was even born.

.

Could it have something to do with his conception?

Well, Thai monks can predict the future, so it may have been awarded posthumously before he was born.