Timetable for Phuket Heroines statue arrival announced
Wiparatana Nathalang

Taweechat Intaralit, from the Phuket Culture Department

PHUKET: A large statue depicting Phuket’s two Heroines, the sisters Thao Thepkrasattri and Thao Srisunthorn, and seven of their closest supporters in the victory over Burmese forces in 1785, will be at the centre of a celebratory procession from the very north of Phuket to Saphan Hin on January 29.

At a meeting yesterday (January 6) at Provincial Hall, it was announced that the great bronze statue will arrive from Ang Thong, where it is being cast, on January 27.

It will stay at the Tha Chat Chai checkpoint until the auspicious time, 9:09 on January 29, when the procession will begin.

At Saphan Hin the statue will be displayed at the stage area and in the evening a “salute” ceremony at which local people can welcome the statue with offerings of flowers.

The following day, also starting at 9:09 am, the statue will be taken back up the island to Thalang, where it will be installed in the Phuket Historical Park in Baan Riang, just west of Thalang Town.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/timetable-for-phuket-heroines-statue-arrival-announced-43888.php

-- Phuket News 2014-01-07

Why do they show us the picture of this man and not the picture of the statue?

Anyway.....I must update my knowledge of Thai history and their heroic achievements.

Why do they show us the picture of this man and not the picture of the statue?

Anyway.....I must update my knowledge of Thai history and their heroic achievements.

I think it says something about cultural orientation and or intellectual perspective.

Wasn't this the 10 or 15 million baht statue that was talked about earlier? Instead of paying for lifeguards on all the beaches, the authorities decided to line their pockets pay for a statue instead.

Sorry, 50 million baht statue. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/687276-nine-phuket-heroes-due-to-arrive-next-month/?p=7133676&hl=%2Bstatue

Sorry, 50 million baht statue. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/687276-nine-phuket-heroes-due-to-arrive-next-month/?p=7133676&hl=%2Bstatue

Indeed.

I can hardly contain my excitement at this wonderful news.