royal ploughing ceremony

E162373

Thai royal ceremony agricultural festival state ritual

The royal ploughing ceremony is an ancient Thai state ritual marking the traditional start of the rice-growing season, intended to bless and predict the year’s agricultural prosperity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Ploughing Ceremony	1
Royal Plowing Ceremony	1
royal ploughing ceremony canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1405740 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: royal ploughing ceremony
Context triple: [King of Thailand, ceremonialDuties, royal ploughing ceremony]

A. Festival of Spring
Festival of Spring is a vibrant Hindu festival celebrated with colored powders, music, and dancing to mark the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil.
B. Golowan Festival
The Golowan Festival is a revived traditional midsummer celebration in Penzance, Cornwall, featuring parades, music, fireworks, and community arts events.
C. Sema ceremony
The Sema ceremony is a traditional Mevlevi Sufi ritual of music and whirling dance symbolizing spiritual ascent and union with the divine.
D. Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies are traditional Japanese imperial rites in which a newly enthroned emperor offers first fruits of the harvest to the deities and prays for the nation’s prosperity.
E. New Yam Festival
The New Yam Festival is a major annual harvest celebration among Igbo and other Eastern Nigerian communities, marked by thanksgiving rites, feasting, and traditional performances to honor the yam as a staple and symbol of prosperity.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: royal ploughing ceremony
Target entity description: The royal ploughing ceremony is an ancient Thai state ritual marking the traditional start of the rice-growing season, intended to bless and predict the year’s agricultural prosperity.

A. Festival of Spring
Festival of Spring is a vibrant Hindu festival celebrated with colored powders, music, and dancing to mark the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil.
B. Golowan Festival
The Golowan Festival is a revived traditional midsummer celebration in Penzance, Cornwall, featuring parades, music, fireworks, and community arts events.
C. Sema ceremony
The Sema ceremony is a traditional Mevlevi Sufi ritual of music and whirling dance symbolizing spiritual ascent and union with the divine.
D. Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies are traditional Japanese imperial rites in which a newly enthroned emperor offers first fruits of the harvest to the deities and prays for the nation’s prosperity.
E. New Yam Festival
The New Yam Festival is a major annual harvest celebration among Igbo and other Eastern Nigerian communities, marked by thanksgiving rites, feasting, and traditional performances to honor the yam as a staple and symbol of prosperity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Thai royal ceremony ⓘ agricultural festival ⓘ state ritual ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Phra Ratcha Phithi Charot Phra Nangkhan Raek Na Khwan ⓘ Royal Plowing Ceremony ⓘ linked to: royal ploughing ceremony
associatedWith	Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand ⓘ Thai farmers ⓘ Thai monarchy ⓘ linked to: Thai royal family
audience	Buddhist monks ⓘ government officials ⓘ public spectators ⓘ
ceremonialLeader	Lord of the Plough ⓘ
country	Thailand ⓘ
culturalSignificance	affirmation of rice as staple crop ⓘ symbol of royal patronage of agriculture ⓘ
dateFormat	set by royal astrologers ⓘ
hasComponent	Brahmin rituals ⓘ Buddhist chanting ⓘ ploughing of ceremonial field ⓘ selection of food offerings for oxen ⓘ sowing of rice seeds ⓘ use of sacred oxen ⓘ
hasOutcome	blessing for farmers ⓘ prediction of harvest quality ⓘ prediction of rainfall ⓘ
hasPurpose	bless agricultural activities ⓘ mark start of rice-growing season ⓘ predict agricultural prosperity ⓘ
language	Thai ⓘ
locatedIn	Bangkok ⓘ
location	Sanam Luang ⓘ
mainCrop	rice ⓘ
performedBy	Thai monarch ⓘ court Brahmins ⓘ royal representatives ⓘ
recognizedAs	important Thai cultural heritage ⓘ
religion	Brahmanism ⓘ Buddhism ⓘ
season	rice-growing season ⓘ
symbolizes	fertility of the land ⓘ harmony between monarchy and farmers ⓘ
timeOfYear	May ⓘ early rainy season ⓘ
tradition	Indic agricultural rites ⓘ ancient Khmer royal rituals ⓘ
uses	auspicious food offerings ⓘ blessed rice seeds ⓘ sacred oxen ⓘ sacred plough ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King of Thailand → ceremonialDuties → royal ploughing ceremony ⓘ

Royal Ploughing Ceremony → alsoKnownAs → Royal Plowing Ceremony ⓘ

subject linked to: royal ploughing ceremony

linked to: royal ploughing ceremony

Lord of the Plough → associatedWithCeremony → Royal Ploughing Ceremony ⓘ