Festival of The Tenth Month

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Festival of The Tenth Month The period of the tenth lunar month protocol takes place on the first waning day to the 15th waning moon of the tenth lunar month, but the days that Nakhon Si Thammarat people like to make merit are the 13-15 waning days.

 

Importance is the belief of Nakhon Si Thammarat Buddhists. who believe that ancestors, including grandparents, grandparents and relatives who have passed away If you do evil, you will go to hell and become a devil. suffer in the abyss Must rely on the merit that the children dedicate the merit to each year to live Therefore, on the first day of the waning moon of the tenth month, all sinners called Pret were released back to the human world to ask for merit from their children and relatives. and will return to hell on the fifteenth day of the waning moon of the tenth month.

 

On this occasion, the children and the still living bring food to make merit at the temple. to dedicate merit to those who have passed away It is an expression of gratitude.

 

1. Alignment Starting on the 13th night of the waning day, villagers will prepare to buy dry food. Vegetables that can be stored for a long time daily necessities and the dessert that is the symbol of the tenth month Prepare to put in the ham

 

Arrangement of hamrabs is to pack and decorate with food items and snacks into prepared containers such as trays, bowls, baskets, baskets, etc. The bottom layer contains dry food. The second layer is for vegetables that have been stored for a long time. The third floor is used in daily life. The top level is decorated with snacks that symbolize the tenth month, such as Khanom Phong, Khanom La, Khanom Ba, Khanom Dee Sum, each type of dessert has the following meanings.

 

Khanom La is like clothes that ancestors wear. Khanom Phong is like a raft that allows ancestors to cross the sea. Khanom Kong is like an ornament. Used to decorate the body. Khanom ba is like a saba seed. to play on the Songkran New Year. Khanom Dee Sum is like money for us to use.

 

2. Reaping on the 14th or 15th of the waning day, the villagers will take the prepared offerings to the temple. and bring food to the monks as well By choosing to go to a temple near their home or a temple that their ancestors used to go to.

 

3. Celebration of Hmrab and Requiem When the hymn is taken to the temple There will be a celebration and after making merit and making merit, there was a requisition Making merit today is to send ancestors and relatives back to the city of Hell.

 

4. The setting up of the Pret is completed after the Hare ceremony and food offerings to the monks. The villagers will bring another snack to place in the temple courtyard, beside the temple wall, a large wooden base called Tang Prat, to spread the merit as alms to the deceased who have no relatives. or relatives do not come to make merit Improving will be done when the imperial setting is complete. because it is believed that if anyone has eaten leftovers from offerings to ancestors will receive merit as a blessing to myself

 

Some popular temples build yard to facilitate the setting Some temples build imperial yards on a single high pillar. Scalar and shake the pole oil until it is slippery. When it comes to vying for imps, the winner is the one who can climb to the imp yard, which requires a lot of effort. So fun and exciting

 

1. It is to express gratitude to the deceased ancestors. who have nurtured their children to repay Children therefore make merit and donate to charity.

 

2. It is an opportunity to reunite relatives who are far away. have met to make merit together to create love and intimacy among relatives

 

3. It is a merit making event on the occasion of receiving agricultural products that have begun to bear fruit because they believe that they are auspicious for themselves and their families.

 

4. The rainy season in the south begins at the end of the tenth month. Monks make alms difficult The villagers therefore arranged food provisions to offer to the monks in the form of Hmm Rab. Let the temple keep it as a provision for monks in the rainy season.