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Makha Bucha Day Holiday 2017

Date: 
Monday, February 13, 2017

Celebrates the Buddha's first sermon to his disciples, also called Sangha Day.

In Thailand it is observed on the full moon of the third lunar month, which is usually the end of February or early March.

The commemoration of the day when 1,250 monks, all from different places and on their on initiative, spontaneously came to pay homage to Buddha.

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