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Khao Phansa (Candle Festival)With the arrival of the eighth lunar month in July, Thai Buddhists allover the kingdom celebrate Khao Phansa, one of the most importantevents in the religious calendar.

'Khao Phansa', in Thai, refers to the beginning of the Buddhist Lent.During this time, Buddhist monks are restricted to their temples for aperiod of three months. Young men over 20 years, who have not yetordained as monks, may take this opportunity to enter the monkhood toobserve Buddhist teachings.

In Ubon Ratchathani, 629 km northeast of Bangkok, the CandleFestival is the province's most popular annual event. On the days beforethe event, the local authorities will be busy preparing the venue at ThungSi Muang, a public field, similar to Bangkok's Sanam Luang.

At the same time, local artisans make ornately carved beeswaxcandles of various sizes and shapes. On the day of the festival, thefabulous candles are paraded around the town on colorful floats,accompanied by displays of religious After the procession they

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Khao Phansa (Candle Festival)Direction : Drawing and coloring.