page_title: Royal Ploughing Ceremony
section_title: Date
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Ploughing Ceremony / Date
caption_attribution_description: English: The queen watching a ploughing ceremony with oxen. From a 18th century Burmese watercolour parabeik (picture book) showing royal pasttimes. Shelfmark: MS. Burm. a. 6
context_page_description: The Royal Ploughing Ceremony also known as The Ploughing Festival is an ancient royal rite held in many Asian countries to mark the traditional beginning of the rice growing season. The royal ploughing ceremony, called Lehtun Mingala or Mingala Ledaw, was also practiced in pre-colonial Burma until 1885 when the monarchy was abolished
context_section_description: The traditional date of the Burmese royal ploughing ceremony was the beginning of the Buddhist lent in the Burmese month of Waso (June to July).
  In 2009, the ceremony was held on May 11 in Thailand and on May 12 in Cambodia. The date is usually in May, but varies as it is determined by Hora (astrology) (Thai: โหราศาสตร์ horasat; Khmer: ហោរាសាស្រ្ត, hourasastr). In 2013, the ceremony and public holiday was held on Monday, 13 May. In Cambodia, the ceremony is mostly held on a Tuesday or Saturday.
  In Thailand, the exact date and times for the yearly event are set annually by Brahman priests. Discontinued by the 1920s, this practice was revived beginning in 1960.
caption: The Queen of Burma observes a ploughing ceremony with two oxen. From an 18th-century Burmese watercolour
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