Barge Procession is one of the merits of the festival in Thailand. The ceremony is to offer new robes to monks living in Buddhist temples. The full name of the festival is "Thoth Kathin. The meaning of the word" Thoth "is making a bid for Monaco and the word" Kathin "a circle.
The barge processions three months after the end of Rains Retreat from July to September instead. People celebrate an annual awards ceremony each year in briefafter the end of the rainy season. We distribute clothing, money, kitchen utensils and other tools for monks.
The people of Thailand believe that the barge procession, the festival is more important to give credit. All in actively participating in this festival. It is said that people are waiting for this ceremony as an occasion for the monks' clothing sponsor at least once in their life. However, not everyone can, as the ceremony can be quite expensive sponsors. When this happens, people can not afford to be the only sponsor to bring together what is known as United Kathin. Here, several people gather to share the gifts to the monks and the cost to deliver the gifts.
People travel to many places to celebrate this holiday. Sometimes they are in other countries in search of Buddhist temples in different places to find gifts to the monks in the temples to offer. The barge procession is an opportunity for Buddhist> Thailand to earn merit, and also families that looked like a party, how can you escape from your regular life and spend time with her.
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