The ''sokan'' ceremony ( th, พระราชพิธีโสกันต์), often translated as royal tonsure ceremony, was an important royal practice in Siam (now

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

). It was an elaborate form of the Thai topknot-cutting ceremony, reserved for royalty of '' phra ong chao'' rank and above.

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