Google celebrates good fortune with Lampang Rooster Bowl

Google Doodle is celebrating the Lampang Rooster Bowl, a traditional tableware design featuring a black-tailed rooster with peony flowers and banana leaves. According to Google, this durable kitchenware is so popular in Asia that the Thai government registered the rooster bowl as a geographical indication product of Lampang on this day in 2013.

This means international trade law affirms the quality and reputation of rooster bowls made in the region. The rooster bowl was imported to Thailand from China. In the original artwork, the rooster symbolised hard work while the banana leaf and red peony represented dreams of good fortune.

In 1957, entrepreneurs opened many rooster kitchenware factories in Thailand’s Lampang province — teeming with clay minerals, was better suited for ceramic manufacturing in the region.

As Lampang began mass producing tableware with rooster designs, the bowl became one of the region’s best-selling products — bringing financial stability and freedom to Lampang locals. 

Although Lampang continues to manufacture rooster bowls today, few factories can afford to design rooster bowls according to the traditional style and material, causing the original hand-painted rooster bowls to become a rare collector’s item.

Previously in June, Google was celebrating the inventor of the espresso machine today is Google created a special doodle of Angelo Moriondo. The artwork for the Google Doodle was done up completely with coffee and features a GIF depicting the espresso machine. The doodle was seen in many parts of the world, including Singapore. The Italian inventor was born into a family of entrepreneurs and invented the espresso machine to help consumers get their coffees in a shorter span of time – compared to the five minutes they then had to wait.

Meanwhile, Google describes its doodles as fun, surprising and sometimes spontaneous. Google often comes up with doodles to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists. Over time, the demand for doodles has risen in popularity. At Google, creating doodles is now the responsibility of a team of illustrators. The team has created over 5000 doodles for its homepages around the world.

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