Abstract

• Royal coronation regalia are the sacred objects used in a coronation ceremony. No other ceremonies will be more important than the coronation ceremony and the coronation regalia become the symbols of kingship, power and majesty of monarchy. Myanmar and Thailand have been neighboring not only by human culture but also by geographical features since the early periods. Moreover, Buddhism originated from central India and has been dominated in these two countries since early history. With the arrival of Buddhism, some customs and ideas of Hinduism have also been imported to these two countries. Therefore, there may be some cultural affinities and differences between these two countries. By depending on socio-political and religious factors, their coronation regalia show some similarities in typologies. The research paper focuses on the detailed decorations and the royal customs related to the coronation regalia of these two countries. It examines in which ways these are similar and different according to their cultivated cultures and accepted customs by using the comparative, descriptive and analysis methods. As the royal customs of Myanmar were ended and disappeared after the British colonized the whole country, the royal coronation regalia of Myanmar cannot be studied in full accounts like the coronation regalia of Thailand which are the living cultural heritage of the surviving monarchical system.