Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon announces the
city will once again organize a walk-run on May 13 for Visakha Bucha Day.
Urasin Khantaraphan
Pattaya again will invite people to exercise and meditate during the annual
Visakha Bucha Day walk-run.
Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon presided over the April 30 planning meeting
for the event, co-sponsored by the Pattaya Run and Cycling for Health Club. The
May 13 event features an eight-kilometer walk-run, sitting meditation, and
sermons on Buddhist principals.
The Pattaya Education Department will manage event sites and coordinate traffic.
Its Religion Promotion Office will invite 39 monks to perform religious
ceremonies at the Pattaya office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand at 3:30
p.m.
The walk-run, which begins at 4 p.m., will offer 10 prizes for males under 40,
10 prizes for men over 40 and 10 prizes for women of all ages. The program calls
for participants to run for five kilometers and walk another three. The route
runs from the TAT office, up to Big Buddha Hill, down to the Naval Radio Station
and back to TAT. Water will be available along the route.
Traffic will be closed at two points from 4:00-4:30 p.m.: the police booth in
front of Big Buddha Hill and at the intersection under the Bali High Pier
flyover.
Prizes will be awarded at 5 p.m. and, at 5:20 p.m., monks will perform their
religious ceremonies. At 6.30 p.m., participants will head up Big Buddha Hill to
perform a candle-waving rite.
Entry to the race is 100 baht and includes a t-shirt. For more information, call
the Pattaya Call Center at 1337.
