Luang Pho Pan Worship Fair It
is the Bang Bo people’s 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 Pan’s
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 Mueang 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 is a
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.
