The Continuation of Royal Ceremonies in the Royal Law from the Ayutthaya Period to the Period of Rattanakosin

Abstract

The royal law was enacted during the reign of King Borommatrailokkanat. There’re the various laws and regulations that the courtier must perform, the order of dynasty's ranks, the royal duties and the twenty-six royal ceremonies appeared in the royal court. When searching the evidence in various royal chronicles and the testimony of the Ayutthaya people in the past and the testimony of KhunLuang Ha Wat. It revealed that there’re the evidence were found, namely the total sixteen royal ceremonies organized in the Ayutthaya period in these documents. In Rattanakosin period, there’re nine royal ceremonies organized and appeared in the royal law. After the revolution, there’re four royal ceremonies appeared namely the coronation ceremony, Songkran ceremony, the ceremonial Triyumpwai and the royal ploughing ceremony. The vestiges about decreasing in the royal ceremonies and more adding the royal ceremonies' details than appearing in the royal law were still found.