Today’s Awk Phansa vacation marks the tip of the Buddhist Rains Retreat interval or ‘Phansa.’ In Buddhist beliefs, Awk Phansa commemorates Buddha returning to earth from heaven after a 3 month retreat visiting his mother. Upon his return to Earth, his followers give gifts of food to him and visit temples to make merit. The event can also be celebrated by holding festivals across Thailand.
Awk Phansa additionally marks the start of the 1 month period by which a Robes Offering Ceremony takes place. Known as Thod Kathin, families and friends be part of together to kind processions that carry new robes for the monks and other choices to their local temples. The processions are characterised by music and dancing. In Bangkok, the Royal Thod Kathin Ceremony is often held at Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) and is presided over by the King of Thailand.
The Phansa rains retreat begins in July and lasts until October. It is a time when Buddhist monks keep in their temples for meditation and research. Also known as Buddhist Lent, the three month interval commences on Wan Khao Phansa, which comes the day after Asahna Bucha Day in July. ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ที่อยุ่อาศัย of the Phansa period is a well-liked time for younger Thai men to be temporarily ordained as Buddhist monks as a way as passing merit to the family. Some will full the complete three months of the interval, while others solely serve a few weeks.
The northern province of Mae Hong Son features the Shan or Tai Yai group celebrating Awk Phansa with the Chong Para Festival. The colourful festival celebrates the return from heaven of the Lord Buddha. Wooden towers, often known as ‘chong,’ welcome the Buddha on his descent from heaven. On the evening of Awk Phansa’s full moon, local communities be part of collectively to eat, dance, and socialise. The towers are then paraded via the streets in the direction of the native temple and placed in entrance of the Buddha statue (known as ‘para’ in the local dialect).
In Bangkok’s eastern bordering province, Samut Prakan celebrates Awk Phansa with a novel Lotus Throwing Festival, known as Rob Bua. The act of throwing lotus flowers at Bang Phli is an old, local custom which has been passed down the generations. Locals gather alongside the banks of the Samrong Canal as they wait to greet a boat carrying a revered Buddha image. As the image makes it means alongside the canal, locals throw lotus flowers into the canal as an act of constructing merit. In Buddhism, a white lotus represents purity and is often the colour of choice by Thais when making merit. If a person throws a lotus flower and it lands within the boat that accommodates the Buddha image, it is thought to be particularly auspicious..