5-day event to celebrate Rattanakosin era

Tourists wearing Thai costumes walk outside the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), a popular attraction on Rattanakosin Island, on Aug 6 last year. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

The Ministry of Culture will hold a five-day event next month to celebrate the 241st anniversary of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, with various cultural activities held at museums and temples in Old Town Bangkok.

Culture Minister Itthiphol Khunpluem said a ministry committee would work with over 30 agencies and groups from both public and private sectors to plan the events to be held from April 21-25.