Alms
giving in Pattaya at the dawn of the New Year.
Phasakorn Channgam
More than 100 city officials, bureaucrats and local
residents started their new year with a Buddhist merit-making ceremony for
good luck.
Twenty monks from Boon Sampan and Khao Makok temples
received alms from Pattaya city council members and others at Lam Pho Market
in Naklua. The monks gave blessings and spread holy water to wish believers
good luck for the new year.
Similar ceremonies were held all around Pattaya,
including at the Green Bottle Pub where Diana Group Managing Director Sopin
Thappajug hosted merit makers.
Naklua
people present alms to monks.
Management and staff from the Diana Group present alms.
