Amulets and Muay Thai
Amulets and Muay Thai
It is quite strange if we learn Muay Thai and never talk about amulets. As Muay Thai arts involve with strong believe of superstition and ritual, so it is quite common for Muay Thai boxers who usually have a single piece of amulet with him in order to give moral support and enable them to fight with confidence. In Thai word, amulets are called "Krueng Rang Kong Klang". This word refers to any material that people believe that will bless them a good luck and clear from danger. "Krueng Rang Kong Klang" can be many kind of materials that holy by a monk or the person who are respected by boxers, could be their krus or parents, so people believe that the material has kind of superstition inside. However, we are not going to talk about all kind of amulets, but we are going to focus only on some amulets that widely used with Muay Thai and can be seen often when boxer use them.
Monk Kon (มงคล) : This amulet is very obvious and I can say that Mong Kon is the most important for Muay Thai. The Thai word Mong Kon used to describe thing or situation that good and represent prosperity. In Muay Thai, Mong Kon is a kind of circlet wore on the head as a charm to bring prosperity and to protect wearer from danger. As the usage and custom of using and treat Mong Kon has already been mentioned earlier in Muay Thai equipment section. It can be said that Mong Kon has now become one of the most important Muay Thai equipment and boxer could not fight with confident without having Mong Kon on their forehead before the fight.
Prajied (ผ้าประเจียด) : Prajied is a band of cloth, traditionally red and white worn around upper arm during competition. As same as Mong Kon the purpose of using Prajied is pretty much the same, to bring good luck to boxer, the only different between Mong Kon and Prajied is boxers are allowed to wear Prajied through the competition, but Mong Kon need to be taken out of the head before the fight begins.
These types of amulet, Mong Kon and Prajied are only two obvious and still commonly used in modern Muay Thai, especially in Thailand. However, it is depends on individual boxers who may believe in these amulets and always used these amulets.
However, there are some other kind of amulets that boxers used in ancient time, from which the concept derived by when warrior have to go to battle field do they need kind of these thing to bring courageous and keep them free from danger such as Pa Yan (a piece of cloth with unique mystical inscription) Sua Yan (waitcoat) etc.
By Isara @ MuayThaiStuff.com
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