Buddha Jayanti
Buddha Jayanti (Purnima)
Buddha Jayanti or Purnima is a very important and auspicious day for the entire Buddhist community. People celebrate the thrice blessed day symbolizing Buddha's birth, enlightenment and salvation (Nirvana) with religious fervour and gaiety. Thus, Buddha Jayanti is a celebration of Buddha’s teachings of Ahimsa and Non –Violence.
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Poi Pee Mau Pantomime: The New Year of the Tais
Poi Pee Mau - a New Year festival- is the celebration of the advent of a new dawn for the Tai community to usher a fresh era of socio-cultural development and is of paramount importance in uniting all Tais.
Festivals of the Tai Khamtis
Mai Ko Sum Fai is a ritual ceremony held on the full moon day of Magha connected with the worship of fire. A stupa like shape structure is made up with stack of fire wood.
SANGKEN- The festival of Water
Sangken - the water festival - Sangken festival, which falls in the fifth month of Noun Ha in the lunar calendar coinciding with the Gregorian month of April, bids goodbye to the old year and ushers in the new year.