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Samut Prakan Travel - Lotus Throwing Festival
http://www.hotsia.com > Samut Prakan Travel > Lotus Throwing Festival Information about Samut Prakan travel by Mr.Hotsia Lotus Throwing Festival - Receiving lotus at Bang Phli, Hia Dam Bang Bo Noodles, Fool-catching and An Nae competitions Mr.Hotsia recommends good and affordable hotels with discounts in Samut Prakan I live in Bang Bo, not far from Wat Luang Pho To Bang Phli Yai where the Lotus Throwing Festival is held every year, but I have never visited until this year when I finally got the chance.
The Lotus Throwing Festival is an event where locals throw lotus flowers onto boats carrying a replica of Luang Pho To, who arrives by boat. Participants hold the lotus seed pod while making a wish, then throw the lotus to land in front of Luang Pho successfully. Lotus flowers are sold by vendors along the canal. I guess in the past, people brought their own lotus flowers since Bang Phli Yai has plenty of lotus. According to legend, Luang Pho To arrived at the lotus pond. Nowadays, lotus flowers are harder to find, so locals and tourists buy them to throw.
Luang Pho To is a sibling of Luang Pho Sothon and Luang Pho Wat Ban Laem. They floated together but landed at different places. Luang Pho To landed at the lotus pond at Wat Bang Phli Yai today. This is why there is a remembrance event for Luang Pho To during the lotus receiving ceremony, which continues to this day. The Lotus Throwing Festival is held annually during the end of Buddhist Lent. Join us to explore the Bang Phli Yai Lotus Throwing Festival. Here is a clip of the atmosphere before the festival, tasting sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves at the lotus receiving event, lotus throwing, student performances, all held in front of the district office.
Clip of Mon dance by students of Rajawinij Bang Kaeo School 13 36 11.466 N, 100 42 44.681 E Tourists throwing lotus onto the boat behind Luang Pho To 13 36 11.237 N, 100 42 44.55 E GPS coordinates (POI) Before Luang Pho To's boat arrives, there is a boat distributing sticky rice to tourists 13 36 11.483 N, 100 42 44.969 E Local boats participating in the lotus throwing event. Mr.Hotsia almost took a boat ride here before 13 36 11.921 N, 100 42 40.199 E
Atmosphere of lotus throwing onto the boat carrying Luang Pho To 13 36 21.089 N, 100 42 22.151 E Students preparing to perform Mon dance for tourists 13 36 19.637 N, 100 42 23.477 E Lotus seed pods filling Luang Pho To's boat 13 36 21.689 N, 100 42 22.727 E Bang Phli sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves is delicious, so they demonstrate making it 13 36 21.137 N, 100 42 22.169 E Mon dance performance by Rajawinij Bang Kaeo students 13 36 20.754 N, 100 42 23.454 E Long drum performance at the lotus receiving event
13 36 25.319 N, 100 42 26.339 E I took photos of the lotus throwing event in front of the temple and district office. This is the type of motorcycle taxi available, very convenient 13 18 17.267 N, 100 54 9.821 E Monks collecting alms in the morning near Wat Bang Phli. Lotus flowers sold to participants in front of Luang Pho To temple in the morning, selling lotus to tourists for throwing 13 36 11.819 N, 100 42 45.011 E Before the lotus throwing starts 13 36 11.669 N, 100 42 44.939 E 13 36 11.483 N, 100 42 44.766 E Tourists waiting to throw lotus at Samrong canal
13 36 8.255 N, 100 42 44.334 E Bang Phli woman selling lotus seed pods by Samrong canal, the lotus throwing site 13 36 11.189 N, 100 42 44.693 E Before the lotus receiving event starts, locals arrive by boat to join 13 36 11.579 N, 100 42 44.195 E Ice cream boat selling to tourists 13 36 11.453 N, 100 42 43.895 E Tourists waiting to throw lotus 13 36 11.718 N, 100 42 43.739 E 13 36 11.915 N, 100 42 40.199 E The lotus throwing event has started, locals and tourists begin throwing lotus flowers.
13 36 11.945 N, 100 42 40.067 E Items from Bang Phli Yai, Wat Luang Pho To 13 36 11.957 N, 100 42 40.338 E 13 36 21.341 N, 100 42 22.361 E Student performances from Bang Phli 13 36 21.365 N, 100 42 22.325 E Rajawinij students preparing Mon dance 13 36 20.646 N, 100 42 22.205 E Tourists throwing lotus, Bang Phli youth 13 36 20.333 N, 100 42 22.703 E 13 36 19.271 N, 100 42 23.243 E Luang Pho To at Wat Bang Phli Yai 13 36 19.595 N, 100 42 23.429 E
13 36 19.517 N, 100 42 23.328 E The person wearing a pointed hat is called the boat's guardian angel 13 36 19.271 N, 100 42 23.333 E Lotus flowers floating all over Samrong canal, many people fail to reach the boat 13 36 19.337 N, 100 42 23.513 E 13 36 19.991 N, 100 42 22.793 E 13 36 19.998 N, 100 42 22.763 E Throws rarely reach because of the distance 13 36 20.088 N, 100 42 23.195 E This period is closer, throws reach 13 36 21.011 N, 100 42 22.392 E Mon girl (student in costume) 13 36 21.06 N, 100 42 22.505 E
Bang Phli grandmother wrapping sticky rice in banana leaves 13 36 21.317 N, 100 42 22.907 E