Kaladan Press

 

Dated: August 13, 2003

 

Muslim Migrant workers celebrated Mother’s Day in

Thailand

 

Mae Sot, August 13: Muslim migrant workers celebrated

Mother’s Day in Thailand on 12 August 2003 to honour

Queen Sirikit Kitiyakorn’s 71st birthday, which is

also marked as Mother’s Day in Thailand, according to

Muslin Agency for News.

 

About 1000 Muslim migrant workers and over 100 Thai

Muslims together with celebrated the Mother’s Day in a

Primary Arabic School in Mae Sot, which was

established by supporting of Thai Government and Thai

Royal Family, source further said.

 

There are 10 Arabic Schools across the Thailand, in

which most of the Muslim migrant workers’ children are

studying in these schools.

 

 Thai peoples also celebrated the Mother’s Day across

the country to show their respect and pay honour to

the Queen.

 

A school teacher named Sayed from the said school told

that the aims of the celebration of the Mother’s Day

are: to show their respect and pay honour to the

Queen, to understand Thai culture and customs among

the Muslim children, in order to get sympathy and

better understanding from Thai peoples, to get deeper

understanding and trust among people of two countries

and to show the respect to their (children) mothers

and to know the duties towards their mothers. ##

 

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