Pattaya’s Thai New Year season closed on a conventional note with the yearly Kong Khao (Rice-piling) celebration. Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn opened the April 20 occasion at Lan Po Public Park in Naklua.
The day began early with sports and video games from 9 a.m., consisting of blind boxing, slingshots, sepak takraw, checkers and chess.
Nightfall saw the spiritual side of the rice-piling event, with individuals impersonated devils and angels with a parade of the spirits, who examined all the piled-up food and deals with.
The angels and devils likewise were out at Nongyai Temple where Mayor Poramet Ngampichet supervised the procedures.
While smaller sized, the celebration likewise included singing and phase has fun with a lot of food left for spirits and animals.
The Kong Khao custom shows regional homeowners’ method of dealing with the belief of spirits who safeguard for excellent living, peace and abundance. In addition, it is a stratagem of previous individuals who held this happy custom for individuals to satisfy together to develop love and unity in the neighborhood.
