Further to my post of June 26, Bangkok remains awash with yellow every Monday. I can also report, with some authority, that the city’s major wholesale clothing markets remain stocked with hundreds of thousands of yellow shirts. I am not exaggerating!
This shot - taken earlier today on an average Bangkok street - shows most pedestrians are out and about in their yellow shirts. It is indicative of a nation-wide pattern. Today I passed a number of schools where the students are obviously encouraged to wear their yellow polo-shirts on Mondays instead of the standard uniform.
If any non-Thailand based New Mandala readers want to place an order, just let me know!
Stay tuned for more yellow shirt updates…
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1 New Mandala » 19/9, a Tuesday // Sep 20, 2006 at 5:03 am
[...] This coup could never have been called on a Monday. Monday is, as we have remarked many times on New Mandala, the King’s day. This year it has been marked as the day of yellow shirts and public ritual. [...]
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