The Structure of Royal Ceremony Announcements during the Ayutthaya and Rattanakosin Period

Abstract

This article examines the structure of royal ceremony announcements during the Ayutthaya and Rattanakosin periods. According to the research, the structure of royal ceremony announcements is divided into 3 main sections: the invocation section, the content section and the epilogue section. The study also identified the structure of royal ceremony announcements in the Ayutthaya period as using the  Ongkan Chaengnam prototype for creating sub elements in the content section of the royal ceremony announcements during the later period. Ongkan Chaengnam has 6 sub structures: Honoring Divinity, Legend, the Royal Ceremonies, Invoking Divinity, the King and the Benediction. Royal ceremony announcements in the Rattanakosin period changed the sub structure during the Ayutthaya period to adjust and increase the 2 sub structures: history and the city’s name that was under the domination of the king. It is seen that there are important changes to the structure of the royal announcements which are based on religious influence and the status of King.