Paper mache pandas coming to Bangkok

Central Embassy and AllRightsReserved, together with Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), are behind the “1600 Pandas+ World Tour in Thailand: For the World we Live in and the Ones we Love” exhibition. The exhibition will be on display from March 4-19 at different sites in the capital including Sanam Luang, Chong Nonsi BTS Station, Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre, Phra Sumen Fort, the Giant Swing and Lumpini Park. 

The “1600 Pandas” will also go on display at Central Embassy from March 24 to April 10 and will feature activities such as a panda workshop and panda adoption, as well as offer souvenirs. All proceeds will be donated to the WWF Thailand for wildlife conservation in the Kingdom. Details can be found at www.facebook.com/1600pandasplusth.

The “1600 Pandas World Tour” was first launched in 2008 by the WWF and acclaimed French artist Paulo Grangeon crafted 1600 pandas – to mark the number of pandas left in the wild at the time – from paper mache. The pandas were then exhibited in some 100 locations in different countries such as France, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia and South Korea.