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Bang Phli old Market |
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The Bang Phli market was opened 1857 by Chinese traders by the
Samrong canal in the days when the waterways were the main
thoroughfare. Many settled here and a community was born.
Back then boat vendors plied the canal to sell their wares and
others came to the market for supplies. Trade was prosperous.
The market community is left in its original state with
wooden walkways about 500 m long old linking the old wooden
houses along the alleys.
The residents are still living a
traditional life with their homes and trade by the canal, their
temple nearby and the friendly neighbourly atmosphere still
pervades.
The festival is in honour of Luang Por Tor
(1887 – 1981) a highly respected monk in Thailand. A statue of
this monk is placed in a boat and rowed together with a
procession of boats along the Samrong canal from Wat Bang Phli
Yai Nai to Wat Bang Phli Yai Klang.
People line both banks
of the canal to throw lotus flowers at the boat. If the lotus
flower lands in the boat with the statue, it means good luck and
prosperity for the person who threw it.
This festival
takes place on the morning of the 14th day on the 11th lunar
month (it’s full moon at night), sometime in October, the day
before the end of the Buddhist Lent |
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Bang Phli |
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Bang Phli Yai |
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