Surumuttakin Mosque

Operating day: Daily

Operating time: 08.00 - 17.00

 

Surumuttakin Mosque Thanon Phet Buri, Ratchathewi, Bangkok. It was originally founded at Ban Krua Tai. It is a small wooden building called "Yepa Mosque" which was built during the reign of King Rama VI (circa 1917). It was later demolished and moved across the canal to be rebuilt at Baan Krua Tawan Tok.

 

The second reconstruction occurred in 1932, which corresponded to the reign of King Rama VII, and was registered according to the Islamic Mosque Act in 1947 with the name “Sulukul Mutta Mosque. "Keen" which will mean A restrained way of life It was first demolished and built into the current marble mosque before 1997.

 

Ban Krua community It will be divided into Baan Krua Nuea. western kitchen house and Baan Krua Tai There will be a mosque as the center of the village. Old wooden houses which will be a Pattani Malay architecture style Looks like they are stuck together. They are connected by small walkways that wind through the houses like a maze. There are local foods that are hard to find, such as Khmer beef curry, Vietnamese bob bok, and sam khoen, etc.

 

In the past, Cham Muslims used the Cham or Khmer language to communicate. A study in 1989 found that most Cham Muslims had ancestors of Khmer descent and Cham from Battambang. Because all of them have a father who is a guest (Cham), but their mother is Khmer. Therefore, they are called "Khmer guests" because inter-ethnic marriage makes them use the Khmer language as the main language. And the elderly at that time could no longer use the Cham language. But when I know the Cham language Even though the Cham people still use Khmer to communicate. But can't read and write Khmer characters. The content used to communicate is just basic conversation.

 

Currently, they use Thai as their main language for speaking and writing. There are elders in the community who are around 70-80 years old but can still communicate in Khmer. Able to interact with Northern Khmer language users As for younger people, they can listen and understand but cannot speak in sentences. There will be only words to refer to relatives. and short sentences or phrases used in the community As for the Thai-Chinese people in the kitchen, they communicate in Thai or Chinese within the family and some people can speak Khmer.