The full moon of the third lunar month marks the occasion when 1250 of the Buddha's disciples came to hear him preach. This day is a public holiday. A public holiday, commemorating King Rama I who was the first of the Chakri kings. During April 13-15, everyone celebrates the traditional Thai new year. In every home, Buddha images are washed with rose scented water.
People also pay respects to their elders by pouring a little water over their hands.
Outside,people go a little wilder and buckets of water are thrown over everything that moves. A holiday for some factory and office workers. A public holiday to commemorate the coronation of the king and queen in 1946. An important ceremony to mark the official start of the rice-planting season. The full moon of the sixth lunar month is the most important date on the Buddhist religious calendar.