Phi Ta Khon Festival Thailand

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This is the celebration of novice ordination with the Thai Yai tribe people hold to be a highly meritorious occasion. Offerings for monks are carried through the town in a gala procession. The Sang Long procession paraded from Thapae gate to Wat Pa Pao. The ceremony goes on for three days, as the boys (dressed up like princes in imitation of the Lord Buddha, who was himself a prince before setting out on the religious path) spend the entire time being carried around on the shoulders of their...
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This is the celebration of novice ordination with the Thai Yai tribe people hold to be a highly meritorious occasion. Offerings for monks are carried through the town in a gala procession. The Sang Long procession paraded from Thapae gate to Wat Pa Pao. The ceremony goes on for three days, as the boys (dressed up like princes in imitation of the Lord Buddha, who was himself a prince before setting out on the religious path) spend the entire time being carried around on the shoulders of their older male relatives.
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