Mukha Bucha Day is famous by the citizen of Thailand on a full moon day of the third lunar month. This is famous invariably in the month of February. citizen celebrate this day as a remembrance of an event that occurred 2,500 years ago, during Buddha's life time.
Mukha Bucha Day is famous because of Lord Buddha achieved enlightenment. It was nine months after Buddha got enlightenment and on a full moon day, two great events occurred. One is that there 1250 Buddhist monks came to meet Buddha, and the second event is that exactly on the same full moon day Buddha delivered his last teaching to his disciples, after which he decided to isolate his mind from his body. Both the great things happened on the same day in the third lunar month and is known as Mukha in Pali language. Bucha is also a Pali word which means to venerate or to honor. Thus Mukha Bucha is famous to honor Buddha and his teachings.
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On this day citizen make merit by going to temples, listening to Dharma preaching. While Buddhists visit Wats and make merit by doing acts like releasing caged birds, offering food to the poor etc. citizen actively partake in giving donations, offering food to monks and joining in the other Buddhist activities. They strictly corollary all the five precepts taught by Buddha. during this festival citizen wear white robes for a amount of days. In the evening the celebrations culminate in a candle lit procession colse to the main temple building.
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