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						The
								
						 
						
						Reua Krut Heun Het
    							escort barge 
								(fig.) on the 
						
		
								
		Chao Phraya 
								River in 
		
								
						Bangkok, 
						during the 
						final rehearsal for the
						
						
						
						Royal Barge Procession 
						in support of the  
						
						Royal Kathin Ceremony 
						at
			
			
						
			Wat Arun (fig.) on 9 November 2012. 
						This barge 
						has the 
						figurehead of a red-coloured  
						
	
						
						
						Garuda
						(fig.)
						and 
						
						
						 is manned by 34 rowers and 2 
						helmsmen. The oarsmen are dressed in pink trousers, a 
						dark-blue to purplish shirt trimmed with gold, and a red 
						
						
						Malabiang-helmet. 
						The oars are silver with a red handle. Reua Krut Heun 
						Het 
						sails in pair 
						(fig.)
						
						
						with 
						
						Reua Krut Tret Traichak 
						(fig.). 
						From afar, both 
						Garuda escort barges 
						
						are confusingly 
						similar to 
			      		
			Reua Asurapaksi 
						(fig.) 
						and 
						
						
						Reua Asuravayuphak (fig.), 
						and can from a distance best be distinguished by the 
						fact that the bird-like
						
						figureheads (fig.) 
						of the latter two barges 
						have their arms in a downward pose (fig.), 
						whereas the arms of the figureheads on the prows of the 
						Garuda escort barges have their arms held up (fig.). 
	
								
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