Thai Cultural Centre Project
Thais, irrespective of their
choices of adopted countries or residence, all share in the Thai cultural
heritage as well as the responsibility of safeguarding and presenting Thai
culture to the world at large. So far the Thai community has done many
cultural activities for instance Loi Khathong Festival, the Forest Robe
Presentation Ceremony, the Annual Robe Presentation (Kathina) Ceremony,
Thai Food Fair, and the Grand Opening of Wat Buddha Samakhee.
It was found that the Thai community
lack of its own place to perform those activities. On that account, the
Thai community needs to establish a Hall to serve as a focal point for
their cultural activities.
The Thai Cultural Centre will
be a place to present Thai culture to New Zealanders and other ethnic groups,
to exchange all meaningful culture, and to constitute the forefront in
the process of adopting foreign cultures and applying such cultures in
the manner consistent with the ideals of Thai culture.
The function of Thai Cultural Centre
could be separated into 6 parts as the Thai traditional centre, Sunday
school and summer camp, Meditation class, Thai cultural resource centre,
Meditation retreat centre, and Thai cultural meeting, conference, and exhibition
centre
