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Thais kick up royal fuss By Ian Black in Bangkok
May 11, 2006
THAILAND is kicking up a right royal fuss after an Australian artist hand-decorated a pair of sneakers with the South-East Asian nation's flag and, worst still, the symbol of its revered monarch.
Thai people regard feet are the lowest part of the human body literally and figuratively, and the customised shoes have been denounced as a grave insult to king and country.
The artist, who asked not to be named, runs a part-time business at his Melbourne home and said today it was all a big mistake.
He and his younger brother painted the sneakers on the request of an Australian man of Thai heritage for $310.
He then posted a picture of them along with a range of other sneaker designs on his website, www.astoriaviii.com.
Today he received a surprise complaint phone call and fax from the Thai consulate.
"We didn't want offend anyone. We will take the image off our website as soon as possible," he said.
"We only painted one pair and we won't paint anymore. We are sorry for the misunderstanding."
Thai Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman Kiattikun Chartprasert said the sight on a pair of shoes carrying a red, white and blue stripped flag along with the golden royal half-man, half-bird "garuda" symbol had "hurt the feelings of Thais".
"This design is profane as it capitalises on the garuda, which symbolises our beloved monarchy, and the national flag that Thais hold in high regard," Ladda Tangsupachai, director of Thailand's cultural monitoring centre, said.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej this year celebrated his 60th anniversary and is the world's longest-reigning monarch, beating the tenure of Britain's Queen Elizabeth by six years.
Thais hold a sincere, traditional reverence for their royal family and respect for the monarch is part of daily life.
In Thai cinemas, for example, audiences are expected to stand in respect when a portrait of the king is shown and the national anthem is played before every movie.
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,19100707-5001028,00.html
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