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Arts of the KingdomHi honey!!
I went with my family to Anuntasamakom Throne Hall. You know? It is a place where the King celebrated his 60 years anniversary on the throne and he received Royal families and ambassadors from around the world there. Normally it is not open for public to go in but once in every 3 or 5 years they open for a month. The event was called Arts of the Kingdom. This year it is open from 18 Dec 07-13 Jan 08 for public to visit inside. This is my first time inside. It was so so beautiful. I didn't expect that.... You were really correct that it is a Thai Versilles. (But I think, personally, it is even much more magnificant!! I am not saying that because I am Thai but that is ECHT.) Oh too bad that you arrive here only a bit too late. Otherwise, I must take you to see. You will definitely love it. They have so many beautiful things made of goal, diamonds, ruby, wood carving, silk, ceremic, paintings that made of golden/silver threads. Unbelieveable. I think the most beautiful and creative is that they use the wing of Burestis beetle (you know that metalic green color wing insect. We have a lot in Thailand. Their life cycle is about 3 months so they collect them A LOT.) and cut in very small pieces for decoration. The nicest one is that they made "Naka chanderlier" with it. Never seen something like this before. Everything is handmade. Amazing!Too bad I couldn't take pictures inside of the hall. I only find some pictures from the net during the event when the queen show the hall to her guests.
They said it will be opened again in 5 years so maybe you have another chance. :)) But we will go to the Chaosampraya Museum with you so you will also see many nice things there too. Don't worry!
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