Thailand’s 400-year-old festival takes a sacred Buddha into the water
PHETCHABUN — Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Sunday opened Phetchabun’s annual Um Phra Dam Nam festival, a centuries-old tradition centred on a revered Buddha image and local beliefs in good harvests, seasonal rainfall and protection from disease. Anutin presided over the opening ceremony at 10.30 at the pier of Wat Bot Chana Man in Muang district, […] The post Thailand’s 400-year-old…
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