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Bangkok Post – Initiative attempts to raise festival standards

Committee calls for world-class events

An elephant sprays water on a woman to mark an early start to this year’s Songkran celebrations near the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace & Royal Kraal, a popular festival venue in the country’s former capital. Jetjaras Na Ranong

Thailand’s soft power committee is aiming to upgrade traditional events to become world-class festivals across all of the country’s 77 provinces based on dedicated research and through festival organisation training.

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