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Māgha Pūjā (also written as Makha Bucha Day) is a Buddhist festival celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month [7] in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Sri Lanka and on the full moon day of Tabaung in Myanmar.
12 February – Makha Bucha Day; 29–30–March – Hari Raya Puasa; 6, 7 April – Chakri Memorial Day; 13–16 April – Songkran Festival; 1 May – Labour Day; 4, 5 May – Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn Holiday; 9 May – Royal Ploughing Ceremony; 12 May – Visakha Bucha Day; 3 June – Queen Suthida's Birthday; 10 July – Asahna ...
24, 26 February – Makha Bucha Day; 6, 8 April – Chakri Memorial Day; 10 April – Hari Raya Puasa; 13–16 April – Songkran Festival; 1 May – Labour Day; 4, 6 May – Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn Holiday; 13 May – Royal Ploughing Ceremony; 22 May – Visakha Bucha Day; 3 June – Queen Suthida's Birthday; 20 July – Asahna Bucha Day
The Vegetarian Festival (เทศกาลวันสารท) [8] now appears on calendars as thetsakan kin che kao wan (เทศกาลกินเจเก้าวัน), (begin) Nine-day Vegetarian Festival. Kin Jae [9] means (to vow) in the manner of Vietnamese or Chinese Buddhists to eat a strict vegetarian diet.
In Indonesia, the festival is centered at Mendut Temple and Borobudur Temple, Central Java. Asalha Puja, also known as Dharma Day , is one of Theravada Buddhism's most important festivals, celebrating as it does the Buddha's first sermon, the Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath , [ 4 ] in which he set out to his five former associates the ...
The Festival of the Tooth: In Sri Lanka there is a temple that houses a tooth relic of the Buddha. It can't be seen, but once a year there is a procession for it on the full moon in August. [3] Hungry Ghost Festival: "Ancestor Day" or "Ulambana" is celebrated from the first to the fifteenth days of the eighth lunar month. This is the day when ...
Throwing buckets of water to passersby. The best festival is the Luang Prabang festivities, which include a procession, a fair, a sand-castle competition on the Mekong, a Miss New Year pageant, folk performances, and cultural shows. Mid May: Rocket Festival: Boun Bang Fai: A festival of fertility and rainmaking.
The Inthakhin or Lak Mueang Festival in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand (also known as Sai Khan Dok or Bucha Sao Inthakhin in Thai), starts on the 12th day of the waning moon of the six lunar month and lasts eight days. Centered around Wat Chedi Luang, this is a celebration of Brahmic origin.