Kathin ceremony is one of merit making festivals in Thailand. The ceremony is the offering of new robes for the monks who live in Buddhist temples. The full name of the festival is "Thot Kathin. The meaning of the word" Thoth "is a quote, a Monaco and the word" Kathin "a circle.
The ceremony Kathin after the three-month rains retreat from July to September instead. People to celebrate an annual award annually soonafter the end of the rainy season. It distributes clothing, money, kitchen appliances and other tools of monks.
The people of Thailand believe that Kathin Festival is the most important merit making ceremony. All in actively participating in this festival. It is said that people are waiting for this ceremony as an occasion for the clothes of the monks, at least once in their lives sponsors. However, not everyone can sponsor, as the ceremony can be very expensive. If In this case, people who can not afford to be the sole sponsor, bind together to perform what is known as United Kathin. Here, different people will come together to offer gifts to the monks and the cost of the gifts.
People travel to many places to celebrate this holiday. Sometimes they are even going to other countries in search of Buddhist temples located in different places, in order to offer gifts to the monks in the temples. Kathin The ceremony is an opportunity for Buddhists into win the respect of Thailand, and is also seen as human beings lived for regular holidays to escape and spend time with their families.
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