{"id":2209,"date":"2015-03-04T09:58:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T07:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2015-03-04T10:10:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T08:10:04","slug":"buddhists-celebrate-makha-bucha-day-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2209-buddhists-celebrate-makha-bucha-day-thailand","title":{"rendered":"Buddhists celebrate Makha Bucha Day in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thai Buddhists across the country went early in the morning to the temples today to offer alms to the monks as a gesture of merit making to mark the Makha Bucha Day (4 March 2015).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2211\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/alms-giving-thailand-600x340.jpg\" alt=\"Thailande offrandes\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/alms-giving-thailand-600x340.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/alms-giving-thailand-624x354.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/alms-giving-thailand.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alms giving in Thailand for\u00a0Makha Bucha (photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/englishnews.thaipbs.or.th\/buddhists-nationwide-celebrate-makha-bucha-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ThaiPBS<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"\/eng\/cities\/bangkok.php\" target=\"_blank\">In Bangkok<\/a>, Buddhists crowded several temples this morning to make merits.\u00a0Wat Saket also known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/eng\/see-visit-thailand\/golden-mountain-bangkok-9\">Golden Mount temple<\/a> welcomes thousands of people who\u00a0came to offer alms to the 99 monks and listen to their sermons.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2210\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/thailand-monks-offering-600x336.jpg\" alt=\"Alms offering Thailand\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/thailand-monks-offering-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/thailand-monks-offering-624x349.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/thailand-monks-offering.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alms Offering in Sanam Luang (Photos: ThaiPBS)<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_2211-2\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2211-2\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/alms-giving-thailand-600x340.jpg\" alt=\"Thailand offerings\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/alms-giving-thailand-600x340.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/alms-giving-thailand-624x354.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/alms-giving-thailand.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2211-2\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Offrandes aux moines pour Makha Bucha (photos: ThaiPBS)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>The Makha Bucha celebration in Thailand started\u00a0on\u00a0March 2, the first day of the Buddhism Promotion Week.\u00a0Bangkok Metropolitan Administration also held a big alms giving ceremony at Sanam Luang in front of <a href=\"\/eng\/see-visit-thailand\/wat-phra-kaew-bangkok-4\">Wat Phra Kaew temple<\/a>.\u00a0Thousands of Buddhists lined up to offer alms to 89 monks as a tribute to His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thai Buddhists across the country went early in the morning to the temples today 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