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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2024
- Thailand’s pro-democracy protests are a uniquely iconic sight and there is a deeper meaning to the symbols the protestors use. Cultural anthropologist, Edoardo Siani, explains a little known world of symbolism and divine astrology that runs beneath the surface of Bangkok’s protest movement.
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We sometimes tend to forget the luxury we have of talking about our governments without being jailed. Basic rights for us, luxury for others. I pray for everyone getting silenced by their governments.
Yess it’s true!
at least we are doing what they expected us to do . covid19 then lockdown then protests until it's over for the ccp to survive
Election lost, have to protest? What is democracy. Do not listen alone.Europe and America need their chosen government. It will be more convenient to exploit and counter China. At first I liked America and Europe. But now I see the truth. America is not sincere
@@user-rj5qr9sh2d “what is democracy?” It means rule by the people. A democracy is a system where people can change their rulers in a peaceful manner and the government is given the right to rule because the people say it may. Basic rights like freedom of speech should be a norm anywhere in such a system. Now idk what you don’t like about Europe, where we can say and do almost whatever we want and have a say in what is being changed, but anything we have is better than what is going on China, Thailand, Russia and many other countries, which is a luxury like I said. Also the only way to stop China is to cut ties, that’s it, simple as that. It’s the fear of no import/supply, that’s it. Also congrats for noticing America is not sincere after it was conquered and destroyed by white men with racist ideologies and a superiority complex which led to slavery and segregation for over 400 years and to killings of innocent Black and Native people, that are still happening. Of course they aren’t sincere, most people in office can’t come to terms with their shitty history and the fact that they don’t have a culture, and don’t support when the oppressed have a voice. It’s racism inserted into politics, basic human rights anyone should have, are still being politicized there. They didn’t even ban the KKK...insane. A very fucked up country indeed.
@x300 we don’t worry about butchers 😴
Support to the people in Thailand, from Chile.
support to chile from canada 🇨🇦
I was expecting to know about the duck floats
Yeah no mention of the ducks... :(
The ducks are just funny yellow parasols I guess?
They are used as a shield to protect against the water canons.
Same, I had to look it up. According to the Indian Express, "a few weeks after [a series of floating sculptures titled ‘Rubber Duck’ by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman] was installed in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour in May 2013, China’s government began imposing censorship on online discussions of the term “Big Yellow Duck” after activists started photoshopping images of the duck into the iconic photo of the Tank Man from the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests. Since then, this yellow duck has become an unusual symbol of protests around the world." The article also mentions that they use the floaties as shields against the water cannons used on protestors
They are bright yellow parasols with the shape of a duck. If I had to guess they are shitting on the monarchy.
Love Thai people!! Their history, culture , language and legacy is widely misunderstood and largely unknown to the rest of the world yet Edoardo de an amazing job breaking down all the features and nuances of Thai culture in this context in Protesting. Thailand should be studied more considering they have remained autonomous and uniquely Thai since their inception.
Election lost, have to protest? What is democracy. Do not listen alone.Europe and America need their chosen government. It will be more convenient to exploit and counter China. At first I liked America and Europe. But now I see the truth. America is not sincere
there are several languages in Thailand
@@eb.3764 Who said there wasn’t ? I am very aware of that ; I got introduced to Thailand through Isaan.
@@user-rj5qr9sh2d Seriously??? Do you see what the “King” is? Do you remember how he barred Princess Ubolratana from running in the election? Last time I knew Thailand is a constitutional monarchy. King Bhumibol was so great and the new one is no comparison.
@@user-rj5qr9sh2d I want my leaders to actually FIGHT for Democracy in other countries instead of destabilizing
I feel it's been awhile since vice has done something like this .
It’s refreshing !
It's been awhile since they had any journalistic integrity, or reported on anything important. It's a nice change.
They've been on it for several months now. They might have new management
@@everythingisfine9988 🤞 let's hope! Lol
They do stuff like this all the time. They’ve never stopped
Im surprised the king isn’t wearing his usual attire of crop tops and short shorts
You look like trans person.
@@JR-xn6yu so what?
@@JR-xn6yu why thank you, trans people are beautiful people but I am not trans. I know what you were implying but I’m quite confident in myself so begone troll 😂
@@MeMe-ry1oj you are very beautiful....
@@ericmoody3944 thank you 😊
Anarchy is necessary when leaders are corrupt
@@jackelracer593 as oppose to doing things to worsen their future?
@@life-live- thats whats theyre doing
How are the leaders are corrupt?
Tell me.
@@il_hectisch Thai monarchy is the richest in the world. The people are mostly poor and the political leader of the country is a corrupt general that should not be in politics. Democracy in Thailand is fragile. What will happen when he's voted out? Myanmar part 2?
@@ricardoassis7 well you see in covid times the prime minister set up a project about giving 1k baht to everyone that joins the program. And there's another project is that when people buy things, they buy it with half of the price the project is called คนละครึ่ง the other half the gonverment buys the item
for you. Ik that after king rama 9th's death, the new king wasn't responsible as king rama 9. Please hear me out.
Hamtaro in the thumbnail. Never have I clicked on Vice so fast.
😂😂😂😂
The Nicholas Cage Memetaro lol
Same
Make Hamtaro great again
I visited Thailand a few years ago. The people and culture is amazing. I wish them all the best.
If it's true, I believe it's the best way to protest I've seen so far. It would be hard to describe the need to attack these people from the governments perspective with all these subtle cultural jabs aimed at the monarchy. I wish all these people to stay strong and nerver give up! We are with you!
I hope they will succeed where Hong Kong has failed. They will give inspiration for future protests against tyranny across the world.
What ????? You are comparing Hong Kong to Thailand ????????? Thailand is a Kingdom and the USA is trying to overthrow the govt to put in it's Thai billionaire working with US State Dept....do you homework.
@@errolflynn2626 why is what they said against what you said though?
@@axxwqw3117 basically, Hong Kong protesters are against being controlled by China. Thai protestors are being agitated by outside forces (social media ) and Thai's that want to be the power structure After!, an "overthrow". USA/Soros can not conquer Thailand so easily as it has strong culture, values, religion, pride. This is same formula for what they did to USA. Destroy their religion,family values, create hate between groups. Divide old from young. Now look at USA. The President is surrounded by soldiers and barbed wire to protect him from the people. The "students/demonstrators" won but the country is lost. A Kingdom with out a King is just another country on the map.
@@errolflynn2626 So much bullshit
@@errolflynn2626 China explained the protests with the same reason “outside force” aka the opinion they failed to hear. As for Thailand, what good does high maintenance monarchy and corrupted generals have to offer? A fragile narrative and suffering ?
The yellow rubber ducks. They were first used in the Hong Kong protests. They were "smiling, cute and designed to ridicule" the China government. The Thais did the same, but figured out they added protection against water cannons and chemical sprays. They are passed to the front and held as shields. Yellow is the color of Thai Royal loyalists. Thus the symbol of the military "shooting water and chemicals" at itself.
who knew ebichu was out here starting movements
They risk being jailed for 15 years if they say the wrong thing.
Thank you for your acknowledge of our situations. lll
The 'symbolism' of the phone lights seems like a serious reach to find a deeper meaning where little exists
Yeah I’m thinking this video could be completely inaccurate but there’s no way for us to know. I feel like every time u.s. news makes a video like this about their own country it’s often inaccurate
Right, I think it’s okay to give symbols meaning, but I think we should always look at any symbol as both surface level and deeper. And doing so we can infer the true meaning of such symbols, especially when taking account for the cultural around them, which they excluded pop culture, which would’ve probably explained a lot of this.
That claim is sketchier than a nootbooj
ok white boy
While also legitimising the coup by calling the General the countries current Prime Minister.
Don't think that went unnoticed, Vice.
3:51 that one person who always closes their eyes when you take the picture 🤣🤣
I love them how to handle a protest in a clever way like the one in Taiwan.
Do you mean Thailand?
Uhhh Taiwan is a democratic country that doesn’t have crazy protests, but china may try to invade them in the coming years, much more aggressively then hong kong
@@JustOneAsbesto No, I mean Taiwan, in Taiwan there's also protest who against their goverment to keep out of touch with China, there is rumor Taiwan goverment work for China and wants to take Taiwan back.
@@speedrat6508 yup i mean they both have clever protest, i don't bring monarchy or democratic but i talk about the protest
@@WhyAlwaysMeOfficial Oh. Thanks. I hope that's not true.
It’s like my finger automatically clicks the Vice notifications without thinking about it🤔
I love learning about other cultures. I want to be able to communicate without degrading others points of view. This was very informative. Thank you
In Brazil we have also used the Duck in the protests of 2014
What was the purpose?
Lame duck?
Because you pay the duck?
And now we can't even afford one
DUCKS ARE A JOKE ON YALL,,,,,,,,FYI
@@jcomden yes, you pay the duck
I hope this international series continues
Thailand is a fantastic country
Protests in Thailand: Cute blowup ducks 🦆🐥
Protests in USA: *BURN DOWN THE WENDYS*🔥💥
Perfect depiction of protest VS riots
I'm support A Free Demacratic Thailand! American here from The State of Idaho.
I think that we should not include the king here…. Because for some generations the king has been a major role in improving Thailand. But the government here…. Is just corrupt. I think we can agree on that.
คนไทยมาทางนี้🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭
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@@kawipotwachaiya7176 แน่นอนคนไทยช่วยกัน
protesters studying astrology in order to take down their belly shirt loving King
Man I love Thailand. Was there for so long last year and they’re just such pure people.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what they are going to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Ben Franklin
Love it 😄 Yesss
Great segment
But there are still a lot of Thais who support the monarchy if they where yellow
Hey vice if you're seeing this can you please do some more videos on the Hong Kong protests, the Ukrainian civil war, and the South China Sea crisis
thank you
5:40 *The Sanctuary of Truth Pattaya. Please Please go and see that amazing temple*
Hunny, I'm off to pattaya to see a lovely temple. See you soon
@@artomarto679 Haha!
Go on CNN and watch the reporter that they finally let into Myanmar talking about the chaos there. They're also using that three finger hunger games salute
I am a you-tuber from China, God bless the people of Thailand
Which God?
@@TheSativastorm all of them
Do you live in China?
Did you use VPN?
@@TheSativastorm xd
Man, this world kinda sucks
always has been since the second we were born. Heaven for some and might be hell for most
You’d think a few million years of evolution would’ve changed a few more things
Where there’s so much bad there’s also so much good. Just change how you view things.
I am watching from Kalam Valley..
I know that bar
Great video,keep it up!🌏🌐🧭🌏
The more modern our society the closer we will ALL come together
Feel like we need to know more
Vice’s documentary segments have just gotten better and better over the years. This is a gem. Super interesting with a talking head that seems to know what he’s talking about.
What a different world
This has been going on long long time ..its a circle will never stop..its not just about thailand its about the power of the world elite in society
No smoking meme intensifies
What's up with the three finger salute?
Tyler Duckden...
Oh I love being Thai
The Buddha said ALL Humans have Buddha Nature.
Is this a repost?
all of that but nothing on the duckie floats,,, y'all really click-baited us huh
these kids are the future. god bless them.
Soo soo ✊🏽🇹🇭
Brave people and they're rare
For legal reasons i cannort respond to this video
These videos are too short
The world is such a fascinating place seriously
I mean protest but also enlist and protect your freedom
Did they mention the significance of the duck floaties or did I miss that!?
Ok yeah, I had to look it up." According to the Indian Express, "a few weeks after it [A series of floating sculptures titled ‘Rubber Duck’ by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman] was installed in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour in May 2013, China’s government began imposing censorship on online discussions of the term “Big Yellow Duck” after activists started photoshopping images of the duck into the iconic photo of the Tank Man from the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests. Since then, this yellow duck has become an unusual symbol of protests around the world." The article also mentions that they use the floaties as shields against the water cannons used on protestors
With so much misticism and misconceptions beliefs is not surprising why the country is collapsing
You're a wizard duckie potter
Ducks on peraid love it nice tac
I think a political alternative has merit if this shows the ideas it has to the public for a common democracy's. The enclusion via free will into the vision laid open for the land of free people to look at and discuss. Vision is not certain it is a idea that then if the person or people with this sight feel yay fantastic this is opens to the whole nation's thoughts for consideration . The answers if democracratically more than the issues of the present government and Royal leadership can freely vote this new way. To demonstrate is to miss the feedback system within the present manifesto. In that the different ways which show hmm that needs repair politically or that is best left as is , this is working well within the local and national community.
And people in America under appreciate our democracy
What about the duck floats?
I collect rubber ducks so that big yellow inflatable sit duck is Quack Sparrow at my house.
The meme wars never end
keep protesting and take your democracy!
👏
One is stuck playing the impassioned protagonist in one’s Subjective Narrative of Self ⭕️
The red shirts did not purposely used red to symbolize the opposite to Monday's color. That's ridiculous.
Find more experts like this guy!!
It’s clear that these colour revolutions are not spontaneous. They even use the same symbols as the umbrella used in HK and the yellow ducks in Brazil.. The symbolism is just one of the tactics used on hybrid warfares.
This could be some super out of touch boomer video that the protestors would laugh at the inaccuracy and we’d never know.
lol probably it is
Long live the Thai monarchy.
no
Freedom to all
Where is the meaning of the duck?
So... why ducks?
I suspect there is more to the story. Is there a part 2?
When there where live broadcasts of the fall of the wall of Berlin, people did not ask for a part 2, but they joined the people that they saw on TV, and became part 2.
Wow, what a mess of an interview, where the heck do you find that guy, conspiracy theorist chatroom? Red is because of it's represent nation on the flag, the red shirt from 10 years has nothing to do with monarchy, it's us the youth movement who is anti-monarchy. Umbrella because we fucking use it defend ourselves from water cannon. White dove is white dove, it represent peace same as everywhere else in the world, it's from an iconic pro-democracy song - White Dove. And flashlight, well, it's exactly because we use it in concert. Not everything need to have deep meaning behind it.
I think it is funny how they give themselves so many medals. I bet this man does not even have basic military training.
Nobody tell the CIA.
Isn't it the military (prayut chan ocha) who has the sweeping powers? He pretends to align with the king because the king has historically been so revered (the previous one, at least). Am I wrong? I might not understand the coup well.
Power of media and pop culture into transforming protest. Remind me of how much North Korea is trying to keep religion, social society great thinkers books out of their country. Hey perhaps K-pop is all what's needed to let that match.
It is never acceptable to be ruled my man or god!
สู้ๆครับ
S/o to MSCHF
Elegiggle Astrology in 2021. Jokes aside, hope the Thai people win the fight and gain true democracy and it sticks!
"you fucked with the wrong generation"
beautiful.
Lily Pichu on the thumbnail
They should use the king favourite outfit : a cropped tank top and boy shorts.
little hamsters, big adventures
Hamtaro:0
3 fingers!
Democracy is good for developing countries. Not so much for advanced civilizations.
Wtf. Waited for yellow duck, hamtaro explanation. Fuckin clickbait
They should push for abolishment instead of "reform". For how do you reform such a decadent institution?
Wow. Something that isn’t propaganda coming from vice.
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