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Chao Pho Khao Tok Festival
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.
Hae Phra Khiao Kaeo
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.
Kam Fa Festival
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 rice in 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.
Pa Sak Boat Racing Festival
Pa Sak Boat Racing Festival is a major annual regatta that takes
place in front of Sao Hai district offices 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.
Phra Phutthabat Homage-paying Festival
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 totaling 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.
Songkran Song Nam Sao Nang Takian Wat Sung
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.
Tak Bat Dok Mai
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 novices as a means of cleaning ones mind.
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