Long Boat-Racing



 

One of the Thai traditions that should be kept alive is ‘Long Boat-Racing’. This tradition signifies the importance of the river to Thai villagers for a long time.

In a ‘Kathin’ meriting-sharing ceremony, Buddhists offer new robe cloth to the monks at the end of the Rains Retreat during October. Traditionally, the local people living along side the river row long boats to carry Buddha images with a kathin in water-borne processions to the local temple. After the kathin ceremony has completed, there is a race of long boats. This is a joyful cultural and religious occasion which brings the local people from different villages together.

PANISARA Khumwattana, ANUTSARA Choochana