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Nop Phra Song Festival

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Opening days: Daily

Opening hours: 08.00 - 17.00

Nop Phra Song Festival Full-moon period of the 3rd month (around February-early March of every year).

The importance of the Nob Phra music tradition It is a tradition inherited from Sukhothai. which mentioned that In the Phaya Lithai period, the Buddha's relics from Lanka were brought to be contained in the chedi. Wat Phra Borommathat, Nakhon Chum Subdistrict, therefore, has organized a procession of the ruler to worship the Buddha's relics.

Rituals Kamphaeng Phet province has restored the tradition of playing the Nob Phra Song in 1983 by organizing a replica of the Phayatra parade to the Nop Phra and the candlelight vigil of the Phra Borommathat Chedi. And there were performances, playing songs with great pomp. as well as arrange a light and sound show about the history of the establishment of Ban Paeng Mueang There is also an exhibition of local handicrafts.

Nop Phra Song Festival It is an annual event of Kamphaeng Phet province. It is about reviving and disseminating traditional traditions that are passed on to the new generation to understand the history of their locality.

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