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Hae Phra Khiao Kaeo,
or Celebrations of Lord Buddha's Tooth. Buddhists believe
that "Phra Khiao Kaeo"
is the tooth of Lord Buddha. The festival is held on the first
day of the waxing moon in the fourth month of the lunar calendar.
The people of Amphoe Phra Phutthabat will present the tooth
that is to be taken from Wat Phra Phutthabat Ratchaworamahawihan
Museum and bear it in a procession around the town. They believe
that if the procession is held, they will live in wealth and
happiness.
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Tak Bat Dok Mai
, the Food Offering Festival, is an important event of
Phra Phutthabat district. This impressive merit-making ceremony
is held to coincide with the start of the annual three-month
Buddhist Lent (around June-July) when Buddhist monks must stay
in their temples. In the morning, the people will offer food
and candles to Wat Phra Phutthabat Ratchaworamahawihan, Tambon
Khun Khon, Phra Phutthabat district. They will go to collect
a kind of flower called "The Flower
of Buddhist Lent", to offer to the monks for
merit. The herb-like flower has yellow or white colors and is
found at a hillside only during the Buddhist Lent period in
Saraburi. While the monks come along the passage to bring the
flowers to pay homage to Lord Buddha's Footprint, people will
wait at the stairs with a bowl of clean water floating Mimusops.
They will pour the water onto the feet of the monks and the
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Phra Phutthabat Homage-paying Festival
Stems from the time when Lord Buddha's Footprint was found in the
reign of King Songtham of Ayutthaya. The mondop was built to cover
the footprint. At present, the footprint is situated at Wat Phra
Phutthabat Ratchaworamahawihan, Tambon Khun Khon. A large number
of Thais and foreigners come to Phra Phutthabat during the event.
The event is held twice a year: from the first day till the fifteenth
day of the waxing moon in the third month of the lunar calendar
totalling 15 days; and from the eighth day until the fifteenth day
of the waxing moon in the fourth month of the lunar calendar for
8 days.
Chao Pho Khao Tok Festival
or Chao Pho Khao Tok Procession is
an annual festival. The event features the supernatural power performances
of Chao Pho Khao Tok and walking on fire, Lo Ko dragon parade, and
Chinese opera. Mostly Chinese people, especially the pupils of Chao
Pho Khao Tok, will come to join the festival. The event is held
from the first day of the waxing moon in the fourth month of the
lunar calendar for 4 days at Wat Phra Phutthabat Ratchaworamahawihan
in Phra Phutthabat district.
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Kam Fa Festival is held on the second day of the
waxing moon in the third month of the lunar calendar. The festival
features folk entertainments and activities including a pitch
and toss game, cockfighting, toasting ricein bamboo, etc. On
the third day of waxing moon in the third month of the lunar
calendar, people perform merit making and attend sermons, cook
and tell stories about ancestors. The festival takes place annually
at Tambon Phai Lio, Don Phut district. |
Songkran Song Nam Sao Nang Takian Wat
Sung is held annually on April 23 in front of Wat Sung's
chapel, Sao Hai district. People perform merit making by pouring
water to the elders and to Nang Takian pillar.
Pa Sak Boat Racing Festival
is a major annual regatta that takes place in front of Sao Hai district
office's pier on the last Saturday or Sunday of September. Famous
boats from all over the country join in the race. This festival
preserves local tradition.
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