National Children's Day 1988

วันเด็กแห่งชาติ ปี 2531

1988/2531-01-09

To mark the annual National Children's Day

1988/1

2 Baht

7 Baht

3 Baht

Unused stamp

45 x 27 mm

500,000 pieces

Leigh-Mardon Pty. Limited, Australia

Drawing by 10-yeard old Miss. Natchaliya Suddhiprasit (ณัฐชลียา สุทธิประสิทธิ์), a student from Amnuaywit (อำนวยวิทย์) School in Samut Prakan, depicting a wai kruh ceremony, held annually on Wan Kruh and in which pupils pay respect to their teachers. On the right are female students in school uniform, seated on the floor and performing a wai gesture, while the girls on the first row are offering gifts to their female teachers, who are seated on chairs. In the back are two Thai national flags; beneath those is a Buddha image seated in the pahng samahti pose (fig.), i.e. the seated pose of concentration or meditation, similar to the dhyani mudra. The image is covered with an orange cloth, the colour for Thursday in the sih prajam wan-system, and the day on which this ceremony was traditionally held, as well as the day associated to it in the Phra prajam wan system. The Buddha image is flanked by lotus flowers, the common symbol for Enlightenment and typically included in the gifts presented to the teachers.

wai kruh, Wan Kruh, wai, lotus, Bangkok 2000 World Youth Stamp Exhibition Stamp (3rd Series), Enlightenment, pahng samahti, sih prajam wan, Buddha image, meditation, dhyani, mudra, Phra prajam wan