Popularising Floral Arrangements

Flowers and the Thai way of life is inexplicably intertwined in Thailand's history. Flowers are essential ingredients in its Thai cooking, medicine, and art. It has an enshrined tradition as the Thai people's symbol of beauty and womanhood. Records of the use of flowers and its tradition can be found in Thailand's history books and ancient literature.

Flowers are ingrained in Thai diet and way of eating. They are primary ingredients in Thai cooking and food decoration. And the Thai's have found many ways of cooking and serving flowers: grilling, frying, boiling, pickling, baking, steaming, stewing, or simply serving it raw. It is also used to garnish other dishes as well. The world famous art of carving fruits and vegetables into flowers was developed and popularized by the Thais.

Like the Japanese Ikebana tradition, flower arrangement in Thailand is an established practice dating back to the glorious Sukhothai period of the 13th to 14th century. Flower arrangement was developed into a fine art, and various styles of flower arrangements and ways to use flowers as a decorative tool were practiced. It became a favourite pastime for women, and was considered essential in the education of Thai maidens. It is regarded as one of the important signs of noble Thai woman. And for a time, a woman without any skill in it was considered an embarrassment and to bring shame to the family.

The versatility of Thai floral art is to be found not only in the arrangement of floral bouquets but in floral chains and garland making, floral lace, and in the Bai Sai arrangement. It also extends in the age-old tradition of making artificial flowers such as the Dok kha and in the art of preserving dried flowers. These floral works are arts are used in a variety of ways, for decorations during festivals, as trinkets, and in the floating lanterns used to celebrate Thai's famous lunar festival called Loi Krathong festival.

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