Culture Ministry to hold Muay Thai Day event



Bangkok, 3 February 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Culture has prepared to organize “Muay Thai Day” in honor of King Suriyenthrathibodi as well as to promote its Muay Thai Alliance project.

Culture Minister Weera Rojpojanarat has said that as the Cabinet mandated February 6th of each year “Muay Thai Day” in honor of King Suriyenthrathibodi, who was an accomplished Muay Thai practitioner, the ministry will be organizing an event to mark the date. The aim of the celebration will be to promote awareness about Thai boxing and its popularity worldwide.

The minister pointed out there are over 240 Muay Thai gyms in the Kingdom and 27 across the world, including in China, the UK and Brazil.

“The Prime Minister’s policy is for teachers to encourage students to learn Muay Thai in school, if only for self defense. For professional boxers, he has asked that more opportunities be created for them to compete. From this year onward, the ministry will seek to ensure that Muay Thai remains a defining characteristic of the Kingdom that is preserved by all”.

At the Muay Thai Day event, the ministry will hold a mass “Wai Kru” ceremony, an act practiced by boxers which shows respect to their teachers. Fights and performances will also be part of the day with One Round Knockout matches between 8 men’s pairings and 2 women’s. The event will take place this 6 February 2016 at the Thailand Cultural Center from 16.00 to 22.30 hrs.


-- NNT 2016-02-03

The photo looks like a mis match, older fat guy gettin a brutal face kick from a pro.

...in honor of King Suriyenthrathibodi, who was an accomplished Muay Thai practitioner,

Some past European kings were no angels. They did some pretty terrible things, but most of these are recorded and included in the official histories. Does anyone think that Thai children will be taught that King Suriyenthrathibodi was a debauched, sadistic pedophile, as was widely reported by Europeans in Ayutthaya at the time. Not a great role-model to be honored each year!

Nothing says "culture" louder and clearer, than two guys, kicking each other in the nuts!

Love the photo. They look real happy, like the general populace in all their 99.6% happiness.

Thai Culture eh, well how about a "Scam the Farang" day, or a "Chiang Mai Immigration Invent More Stupid Rules" day?

Seems they really are scraping the bottom of the barrel to drum up trade.