Start my day at bathing buddha fest

Bathing the Buddha, or Um Phra Dam Nam ceremony will be held during September each year. It is well-known ritual and traditional religious held annually in Phetchabun.

Buddha called Phra Buddha Mahadhamaracha ornamental Lop Buri style cast Pasak river was four hundred years ago, a group of farmers, and was placed next to Wat Phum Train taken. According to legend, Buddha was disappeared twice from the temple, and later found in water.

The ceremony begins at 1 will be the forms of Buddha and put under the tent city of Train Wat Phum, Buddhists who do not respect the image and remain in the form of gold leaf on the Buddha's body. In the evening prayers and chanting. Has different night entertainment. Morning, people of merit, if it is Sat Thai Day. Food, including Krayasat of monks and other needs. Buddha figure is then to be taken entirely by local governor Pasak River Phetchabun believing that this act will bring luck and fertility in the province and traditional dances are held to show the form of Buddha.

After the ceremony, the river water is considered holy. As a result, people to swim, or take a water vessel before the start of the race.