Raj pattern
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Raj pattern ( , , ) refers either to a Thai men's costume consisting of a white jacket with five buttons, a chong kraben, knee-length socks and slip-on shoes, or to the specific form of the jacket itself. It was worn chiefly during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by government officials and the upper class in Bangkok, and nowadays is used in select circumstances as a national costume. The symbolizes a fusion of Thai tradition and western influences during the era of modernization.
Raj pattern ( , , ) refers either to a Thai men's costume consisting of a white jacket with five buttons, a chong kraben, knee-length socks and slip-on shoes, or to the specific form of the jacket itself. It was worn chiefly during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by government officials and the upper class in Bangkok, and nowadays is used in select circumstances as a national costume. The symbolizes a fusion of Thai tradition and western influences during the era of modernization. ==History== ==Gallery== These are examples of men wearing raj pattern. File:King Chulalongkorn in Raj Pattern with Painting.png File:Talap Surawongwatthanasak.jpg File:Damrong-Rajanubhap-1893.jpg File:Damrong Rajanubhab (1942).jpg File:King Rama VII officially inaugurated the Vajiravudh Library.jpg ==References==
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