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Thai New Year
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Thai New Year The period starts from April 13 and lasts up to 1-2 weeks.
Importance It is a tradition of making merit on New Year's Day or Songkran Day.
Rituals Before the 13th day, prepare Thai food, eat food, sweets, clean the house. In the late afternoon, go to make merit at the temple, offer Thai food, sweets, flowers, incense sticks, candles, listen to sermons.
When finished, ask for forgiveness from the monks. Get down from the temple to play Songkran with water splashing. Play Mak Nim Khang Then go to slaughter the elder relatives who respected in the village. together to stump monks Elder relatives in different villages When finished, come back together to clean the temple in the village.
Making merit on New Year's Day for auspiciousness Asking for forgiveness from monks and elders to beg for forgiveness for the offending in body, speech, and mind, and to respect the elders.
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