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At the start of the eleventh lunar month (usually in October)
the people of Surat Thani celebrate the end of Buddhist Lent
with the Chak Phra Festival (Pulling the Buddha), which
symbolizes the Buddha’s return to earth after a monsoon season
spent preaching to his mother in heaven. On the Tapi River,
tugboats pull the town’s principal Buddha image on a raft
decorated with huge nagas, while on land sleigh-like floats
bearing Buddha images and colourful flags and parasols are
hauled across the countryside and through the streets. As the
monks have been confined to their monasteries for three months,
the end of Lent is also the time to give them generous offerings
in the kathin ceremony, of which Surat Thani has its own
version, called Thot Pha Pa, when the offerings are hung on tree
branches planted in front of the houses before dawn. Longboat
races, between teams from all over the south, are also held
during the festival. |
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