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PROTOCOLS AND CEREMONIES OF
THE SIAMESE AND THE VIETNAMESE COURTS:
THE INDICATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (?)
MORRAGOTWONG PHUMPLAB
Integrated Thai Studies Program, School of Liberal Arts, Walailak University
[email protected], [email protected]
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How did cultural factors play a crucial role in
signifying the Siamese and Vietnamese inter-state
relations ?
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How did the nature of cultural treatment between the
Bangkok and the Hue courts that led to shifts in their
consciousness and attitudes in different contexts ?
THE CHAKRI DYNASTY OF SIAM
Rama I (1872-1809)
THE NGUYEN DYNASTY OF VIETNAM
Gia Long (1802-1820)
THE MOST CORDIAL RELATIONS
THE CHAKRI DYNASTY OF SIAM
Rama II (1809-1824)
Rama III (1824-1851)
THE NGUYEN DYNASTY OF VIETNAM
Minh Mạng (1820-1840)
A REEVALUATION OF THEIR RELATIONS
Thiệu Trị (1841-1847)
THE VIETNAMESE COURT
THE SIAMESE COURT
SINICIZED STATE
INDIANIZED STATE
The model and practices of
the Qing court of China and
the Lê court of Vietnam
The model and practices
from the Ayutthaya period
“The Ambassadors were feasted on the way, serenaded
with Siamese music, and amused with gymnastic and
theatrical performances, wherever they rested…There
were not less than twelve or thirteen gilded barges, each
rowed, or rather paddled, by twenty-five to fifty boatmen,
who were uniformly dressed in scarlet, and who pulled
with great animation, keeping time to a Siamese song.”
John Crawfurd, Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Siam and Cochin China
(London: Oxford University Press, 1967), p. 146.
“In 1810, Vietnamese envoys were welcomed with
full honors. The Siamese court arranged for a
welcome procession from Samutprakan and also
allowed their ambassador to meet Rama II everyday
like the Siamese officials.”
Damrong Rachanuphap, Phraratchaphongsawadan Ratchakan thi 2, p. 78.
THE SIAMESE AND VIETNAMESE INTER-STATE RELATIONS
FUNERAL DIPLOMACY
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The meaning of the crown
as the highest regalia of
the Indianized states in
Southeast Asia
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The exchange of presents
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The bestowal of royal regalia
CONCLUSION
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