Buddhist Lent celebrations take place here in Pattaya.

As we reported yesterday, Pattaya celebrated Asanha Buscha Day on Thursday. Asanha Buscha also anticipates Kao Pansa, the three month period of Buddhist penitence and fasting also known as Buddhist Lent which started on Friday. Buddist Lent starts on the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month. The tradition of Buddhist Lent or the annual three-month Rains Retreat known in Thai as "Phansa" dates back to the time of early Buddhism in ancient India, all holy men, mendicants and sages spent three months of the annual rainy season in permanent dwellings. They avoided unnecessary travel during the period when crops were still new for fear they might accidentally step on young plants. We went to the Chaimongkon Temple in South Pattaya for the celebration which began early in the morning with offerings made to Monks known in Thai as “Tamboon”, this was preceded on Thursday Evening with “vientienne” which requires worshippers to walk around the temple three times. Many hundreds of worshippers attended the evening event and they all made their way slowly around the main temple building in silent prayer and contemplation.

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