NARATHIWAT, 23 September 2014 Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is paying a 3-day visit to the southern region of Thailand from September 22 to 24. The royal itinerary is taking the Princess to Narathiwat, Pattani and Songkhla provinces.
On her first stop in Narathiwat, the Princess Maha Chakri visited the Longkong Fair 2014, at the Chalerm Phra Kiat public park in Muang District.
Her Royal Highness on this occasion awarded 70 agriculturists who have won the Narathiwat annual competition of agricultural produce. Also receiving their awards from the Princess were villagers who won a competition of handicraft products using native plants such as palm leaves, Lipao and Krajute grass as raw materials.
The Princess also awarded 40 winners of this year’s zebra dove cooing competition.
The Longkong Fair is the 39th of its kind organized as part of the “Good Products of Nara City” Festival which has triple objectives, namely to show gratitude to Their Majesties the King and Queen and other members of the Royal Family who have provided assistance in all aspects to the people of Narathiwat, to honor HRH the Princess Maha Chakri on the occasion of her 60th birthday in 2015, and to celebrate 99th founding anniversary of the province.
Her Royal Highness later toured an exhibition in the fair’s ground featuring development projects by various government units such as the promotion of cow and goat rearing. Other interesting activities are cooking demonstrations of southern-style food and competitions of long-tail and native boats such as Ko-lae and Yo-kong.
The fair will continue until September 27, this year
