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Wat Khok  -    
วัดโคก  
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 Description:   Wat Khok is on the right side of the Chao Phraya River in Ban Chang sub-district. Inside the temple, there is a Buddha image in the attitude of meditation, a Mon-style pagoda made of brick and mortar, an old pulpit made of pearl embedded in ebony wood that is more than 100 years old and a sermon hall built and made of teak, with rosewood pillars aged more than 100 years.
Pathum Thani has been a location of Mon people for at least 300 years since the reign of King Narai the Great in the Ayutthaya period in 1479. Saming Po and his team took more than 10,000 Mon people from Myanmar to settle at Ban Sam Khok in Pathum Thani to run away from Angwa who oppressed them and hurt their feelings to rely on the royal king’s grace.
The Mon community on the Thai land in Pathum Thani province was created ever since.
Famous Mon culture and traditions are Songkran festival and others that we have never known or experienced such as:
Mon dance is an ancient Mon tradition along with a Mon orchestra and 5-10 girls in the national Mon dress, who dance beautifully and wrap the shawl around her shoulders and long-sleeved and round neck shirts. Their hair is put up in a bun bound with fresh jasmine flowers and colorful flowers are placed behind their ears. This tradition is rarely seen at the time being.
Pha Khaosan dance: A Mon tradition usually performed after the end of Buddhist Lent, which is during the period of the Kathin robe offering. A group of Pha Khaosan dancers will paddle a boat and ask the people along the both banks of the river for a donation of rice - Khaosan, money, and objects in order to offer to the monk.
Tak Bat Roi Phra: It is a merit making tradition of the Mon, conducted at the end of Buddhist Lent. It is similar to Pha Khaosan dance but its difference is that people from various communities will bring savory food and desserts into a boat awaiting near the bank of the Chao Phraya River for offering to the monks.
 
 
 Province   Pathum Thani  Direction:      
 District   A. Mueang    
 City   Bang Prok  Comments:      Official Web:    
 Genre   Temple      Related links:      
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 Entry fee   Free     Coordinates:    13.998032 N 100.533046 E  
                     
                     
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