Wat Klong Prao Monastery During Makha Bucha Editorial Photo

Wat Klong Prao monastery during Makha Bucha ceremony on March 7, 2012 in Ko Chang, Thailand. Makha Bucha is day of gratitude to the Buddha for his teachings. Makha Bucha an important Buddhist festival celebrated in Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos on the full moon day of the third lunar month (this usually falls in February). The third lunar month is known in the Thai language as Makha (Pali: Māgha); Bucha is also a Thai word (Pali: Pūjā), meaning to venerate or to honor. As such, Makha Bucha Day is for the veneration of Buddha and his teachings on the full moon day of the third lunar month.