Namaste Thailand Festival 2018
The Namaste Thailand Festival 2018, from 9-11 March, organised by the Royal Thai Embassy, New Delhi, at Select City Walk, successfully came to an end after three days of exciting and fun-filled shows. One of the main attractions of the festival was the workshop area where several activities took place. It included food and vegetable carving, as a part of traditional Thai art, which displayed neatness, precision and personal ability. Fans and Umbrellas produced from mulberry bark (sa) were brought all the way from Chiang Mai, Thailand. The finishing touch to the colorful umbrella and fans were then painted by artists from Chiang Mai. For those requiring to release tensions in the arm and neck, a relaxing free Thai shoulder massage were given at the Namaste Thailand Festival. Badge making attracted the young and the old to relive their painting skills and to make their own colorful badges. Quiz on Thailand was an interesting event that saw the eager participation of people. Attractive prizes were given to the winners. Apart from that, there were lots of giveaways in the lucky dip counter as people stood in bee-line to hashtag #NamasteThailandFestival to their social networking accounts including Facebook, Instagram or twitter account.
Fan painting for children in Namaste Thailand Festival
Food and vegetable carving
Lucky dip counter for those who post #namastethailandfestival on social media
Visitors during the three days event indulged in exquisite Thai cuisine prepared by the Nueng Roi restaurant of Radisson Blu and Thai High. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) catered to the enthusiast curiosity of people who wished to vacation to the Kingdom of Thailand.
Team from Nueng Roi
Pork Sausage with Rice from Nueng Roi
Rice with cheesy egg and Thai curry from Nueng Roi
This year, during the Namaste Thailand Festival, wide-ranging eighteen stalls showcased art and handicraft, ceramic, clothing line including silk and cotton, flowers, food items, and jewelleries from Thailand. Buddy Handicraft, Thai DD, Heritage Art, Dr. Nature Art, Patthai Ceramic displayed remarkable crafts. Products were also displayed by P.O. Care, Srithai Superware, Unicon. The Wood’s Tale exhibited products made by100% natural wood, like rubber and acacai from sustainable source. Charm-Learn Studio (CLS) is the brainchild of three Silapokorn graduates, who all previously worked in the media. CLS was awarded the Prime Minister’s Export Award 2017 in the product category of Best Design for Art and Craft. The stall charmed the visitors with their products including ceramic tiffin, ceramic mugs, handmade earrings and keychains, besides others. Senexi, with a broad range of 925 Rhodium Platted Silver jewelry, exhibited rings, bangle, necklace, brooch, and pendant. Blue Elephant displayed variety of Thai snacks and Thai sauces during the festival. MakeMeFromPaper, fascinated the shoppers with their interesting collection of flower balls, mini roses, cards, varieties of home decorative items, paper bags, all made from mulberry paper. Thongyoy exhibited her own fashionable women’s clothing line. Itthikorn, the owner of the Fashion Scene Co. Ltd, also the esteem member and fashion ambassador of the ASEAN Fashion Designer Showcase representing Thailand, exhibited his own unisex designs in the stall Itthikorn. Leelafai, exhibited garments that were made from naturally dyed mud cotton, from the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, Rayong. The fabric is dyed to different colors by using tree barks, leaves, roots or flowers, during the festival.
M.L. Piyawan Gongsakdi, Ambassador's Spouse, with garments from ITTHIKORN
Produsts from The Wood's TALE
The cultural troop from the Academy of Dramatic Arts, Nakhon Si Thammarat Nakhon Sri Thammarat also won the heart of the participants by their Thai cultural shows representing the uniqueness of Thailand form the north to the south.
Kinari Thai Dancing (Rabam)
Seing Tang Wai, a dance from the north-east of Thailand
Khak Dang Kiew Yayee, a Thai dance transformed from Southern folk dance in Thailand
People dancing with Thai performers
What better way to remember Namaste Thailand Festival 2018 than to witness H.E. Mr. Chutinton Gongsakdi and Madam Ambassador, along with their chef, show some cooking demonstration on how to prepare Pad Thai (Thai style stir fried noodles), Tom Yam Kung (Thai hot and sour soup), Som Tum (Thai Papaya Salad), Kaeng Kiew Wan (Sweet Green Curry).
H.E. Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Ambassador of Thailand, in the Thai food demonstration of cooking Pad-Thai
H.E. Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Ambassador of Thailand, in the Thai food demonstration of cooking Pad-Thai
H.E. Mr. Dato Hidayat Abdul Hamid, Malaysian High Commissioner, and his spouse in Namaste Thailand Festival,testing Thai green curry with rice cooked by Ambassador of Thailand
It was a great delight to indulge in the strong rendition of the Asia Seven concert- a genre of music that synthesizes Thai music-folk and western, expressing them in an unprecedented form of Asian Jazz fusion. A group of eight musicians from the College of Music, Mahidol University, won the hearts of the people in Delhi, as they belted out few songs,that set every feet on the ground to dancing!
A beautiful singer from Asia7
The mixing of Thai and Western musical instruments in Asia7
Until next year, Namaste!
Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi
14 March 2018