Chao Pho Khao Tok Festival
or Chao Pho Khao Tok Procession is an annual festival. The
event features the supernatural power performances of Chao
Pho Khao Tok and walking on fire, Lo Ko dragon parade, and
Chinese opera. Mostly Chinese people, especially the pupils
of Chao Pho Khao Tok, will come to join the festival. The
event is held from the first day of the waxing moon in the
fourth month of the lunar calendar for 4 days at Wat Phra
Phutthabat Ratchaworamahawihan in Phra Phutthabat district.
Hae Phra Khiao Kaeo
Hae Phra Khiao Kaeo , or Celebrations of
Lord Buddha’s Tooth. Buddhists believe that “Phra
Khiao Kaeo” is the tooth of Lord Buddha. The
festival is held on the first day of the waxing moon in the
fourth month of the lunar calendar. The people of Amphoe
Phra Phutthabat will present the tooth that is to be taken
from Wat Phra Phutthabat Ratchaworamahawihan Museum and bear
it in a procession around the town. They believe that if the
procession is held, they will live in wealth and happiness.
Kam Fa Festival
Kam Fa Festival is held on the second day
of the waxing moon in the third month of the lunar calendar.
The festival features folk entertainments and activities
including a pitch and toss game, cockfighting, toasting
ricein bamboo, etc. On the third day of waxing moon in the
third month of the lunar calendar, people perform merit
making and attend sermons, cook and tell stories about
ancestors. The festival takes place annually at Tambon Phai
Lio, Don Phut district.
Pa Sak Boat Racing
Festival
Pa Sak Boat Racing Festival is
a major annual regatta that takes place in front of Sao Hai
district office’s pier on the last Saturday or Sunday of
September. Famous boats from all over the country join in
the race. This festival preserves local tradition.
Phra Phutthabat
Homage-paying Festival
Phra Phutthabat Homage-paying
Festival Stems from the time
when Lord Buddha’s Footprint was found in the reign of King
Songtham of Ayutthaya. The mondop was built to cover the
footprint. At present, the footprint is situated at Wat Phra
Phutthabat Ratchaworamahawihan, Tambon Khun Khon. A large
number of Thais and foreigners come to Phra Phutthabat
during the event. The event is held twice a year: from the
first day till the fifteenth day of the waxing moon in the
third month of the lunar calendar totalling 15 days; and
from the eighth day until the fifteenth day of the waxing
moon in the fourth month of the lunar calendar for 8 days.
Songkran Song Nam Sao
Nang Takian Wat Sung
Songkran Song Nam Sao Nang Takian
Wat Sung is held annually on
April 23 in front of Wat Sung’s chapel, Sao Hai district.
People perform merit making by pouring water to the elders
and to Nang Takian pillar.
Tak Bat Dok Mai
Tak Bat Dok Mai ,the Food Offering Festival, is an important event of
Phra Phutthabat district. This impressive merit-making
ceremony is held to coincide with the start of the annual
three-month Buddhist Lent (around June-July) when Buddhist
monks must stay in their temples. In the morning, the people
will offer food and candles to Wat Phra Phutthabat
Ratchaworamahawihan, Tambon Khun Khon, Phra Phutthabat
district. They will go to collect a kind of flower called “The
Flower ofBuddhist Lent”,
to offer to the monks for merit. The herb-like flower has
yellow or white colors and is found at a hillside only
during the Buddhist Lent period in Saraburi. While the monks
come along the passage to bring the flowers to pay homage to
Lord Buddha’s Footprint, people will wait at the stairs with
a bowl of clean water floating Mimusops. They will pour the
water onto the feet of the monks and the novices as a means
of cleaning one’s mind.