| In the
fourth lunar month, Bun Pha Wet or Bun Mahasaat ([5ortgs;f s]n [5o,tsk-kf--the
ceremony of the penultimate life of the Buddha as Pha Wetsandon (Vessantara Prince or the
Festival of the Great Birth) includes the following activities: a procession of Phaa
Phawet (the Vessantara Prince Story Cloth) through town to the temple; procession of
one thousand balls of glutinous rice to the temple; listening to the non-stop sermon on
the Great Birth at the temple (this sermon consists of fourteen sets of palm leaf
manuscripts which have a total of one thousand verses); making merit to dedicate it to
deceased relatives. |
