... 's Birthday with offerings made by participants of sweet tea, flowers and small baby presents; story and play of the Buddha's birth; parade with elephant; sleeping sage tells Jataka tales; pot-luck picnic with birthday cake; presents for all children. (Lester 922). The Ploughing Festival is normally in May, when the moon is half-full. Two white oxen pull a gold painted plough ... of the river (Lester 924). Each grain of sand represents a demerit, and placing the grains in the monastery or letting them be washed away by the river symbolizes a cleansing from bad deeds. The Rains Retreat, V...

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