South Korean Embassy in Thailand ‘boogies’ to celebrate Songkran Festival (video)

The South Korean Embassy in Thailand got down and boogied in preparation for this week’s Songkran Festival.

The embassy staff, including the South Korean Ambassador to Thailand, Moon Seoung-hyun, got into the Thai New Year festive spirit by taking part in the traditional “Ram Thai” dance. The two-minute video went viral, receiving over 400,000 views in just four days on the Korean Cultural Centre’s Twitter and Facebook pages, reported The Nation.

Many Thai viewers expressed appreciation for the ambassador’s participation in their country’s biggest festival, with some commenting on the warm bilateral relationship between South Korea and Thailand.

The Ram Thai dance is a traditional Thai dance that honours Hindu gods, featuring circular formations and hand and arm movements to convey a story. The video showed Ambassador Moon pouring water into a Buddha statue as part of…