 Phra
Samut Chedi Worship Fair This is the great fair for
which people from all over the country come to worship
the revered chedi. The fair is held annually for 9 days
and 9 nights, starting from the fifth day of the waning
moon in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar. During
the festival, there are contests held for the best-looking
procession in presenting the cloth to cover the Phra Samut
Chedi. The procession will be run through the streets
around the Pak Nam Market, then be brought onto boats
going down the Chao Phraya River until it reaches the
Phra Pradaeng District Office and return to Ong Phra Samut
Chedi. There are also the walk around the Phra Samut Chedi
(wian tian – walk, while holding lighted candles, around
a temple), boat racing in the Chao Phraya River, local
entertainments, and many local products on sale. Getting
there: from Samut Prakan town to Phra Samut Chedi, there
are daily boat ferries in front of Wibunsri Market around
the clock.
Pak Lat Songkran Fair (Phra Pradaeng)
It is held yearly on the first Sunday after Songkran
Day (April 13th). The townspeople in cooperation with
Amphoe Mueang Phra Pradaeng celebrate the Songkran Day
according to the local Songkran Festival of Raman (Mon)
people. Songkran beauty pageants parade, freeing birds
and fish, and traditional folk entertainment such as
Saba (a pitch and toss game), Thayaemon (a musical composition
of Mon) and Mon dancing are included in this fair.
Yon Bua Festival is a festival
which goes back a long, long time for the Bang Phli
people and which have been followed by generations after
one another. It is held yearly on the thirteenth day
and the early morning of the fourteenth day of the waxing
moon in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar. The
festival consists of worshipping and parading of Luang
Pho To, both on land and by boat, competitions of local
activities such as arranging a lotus tray, boat decoration
contests, and folk entertainments such as Phleng Rua
(traditional singing in boats). In the early morning
of the fourteenth day, the Yon Bua Festival is held,
people will toss lotus onto the boat bearing the Luang
Pho To Buddha image. They also toss lotus to the people
from out of town in boats who also come to join in the
festival as a sign of making merit together.
Luang Pho Pan Worship Fair
It is the Bang Bo people’s annual fair, held on the
eighth day of the waxing moon in the twelfth month of
the lunar calendar to commemorate and celebrate Luang
Pho Pan’s virtue.
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