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Luang Pho Pan Worship Fair
Luang Pho Pan Worship Fair It is the Bang Bo peoples annual
fair, held on the eighth day of the waxing moon in the twelfth month
of the lunar calendar to commemorate and celebrate Luang Pho Pans
virtue.
Pak Lat Songkran Fair
Pak Lat Songkran Fair (Phra Pradaeng) It is held yearly on the
first Sunday after Songkran Day (April 13th). The townspeople in
cooperation with Amphoe Muang Phra Pradaeng celebrate the Songkran
Day according to the local Songkran Festival of Raman (Mon) people.
Songkran beauty pageants parade, freeing birds and fish, and traditional
folk entertainment such as Saba (a pitch and toss game), Thayaemon
(a musical composition of Mon) and Mon dancing are included in this
fair.
Phra Samut Chedi Worship Fair
Phra Samut Chedi Worship Fair This is the great fair for which people
from all over the country come to worship the revered chedi. The
fair is held annually for 9 days and 9 nights, starting from the
fifth day of the waning moon in the eleventh month of the lunar
calendar. During the festival, there are contests held for the best-looking
procession in presenting the cloth to cover the Phra Samut Chedi.
The procession will be run through the streets around the Pak Nam
Market, then be brought onto boats going down the Chao Phraya River
until it reaches the Phra Pradaeng District Office and return to
Ong Phra Samut Chedi. There are also the walk around the Phra Samut
Chedi (wian tian walk, while holding lighted candles, around a temple),
boat racing in the Chao Phraya River, local entertainments, and
many local products on sale. Getting there: from Samut Prakan town
to Phra Samut Chedi, there are daily boat ferries in front of Wibunsri
Market around the clock.
Yon Bua Festival
Yon Bua Festival is a festival which goes back a long, long
time for the Bang Phli people and which have been followed by generations
after one another. It is held yearly on the thirteenth day and the
early morning of the fourteenth day of the waxing moon in the eleventh
month of the lunar calendar. The festival consists of worshipping
and parading of Luang Pho To, both on land and by boat, competitions
of local activities such as arranging a lotus tray, boat decoration
contests, and folk entertainments such as Phleng Rua (traditional
singing in boats). In the early morning of the fourteenth day, the
Yon Bua Festival is held, people will toss lotus onto the boat bearing
the Luang Pho To Buddha image. They also toss lotus to the people
from out of town in boats who also come to join in the festival
as a sign of making merit together.
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