Makha Bucha Day Saturday 4th March 2007

Makha Bucha Day marks 4 events that took place during Buddha's lifetime:* 1250 Buddhist monks from different places came to pay homage to Buddha, each of his own initiative and without prior notification or appointment.* All of them were enlightened monks.* All of them had been individually ordained by Buddha himself.* They assembled on the full moon day of the third lunar month.On Makha Bucha Day Thai people go to their local temple in the morning to make merit, listen to sermons and also to take part in a candle-lit procession around the chapel. However, judging by the number of people in the shopping malls and restaurants it seems that going to the local temple isn't as important as it was in the past. Most bars will be closed this Saturday.