Shwemawdaw Pagoda to host rice offering ceremony on Full Moon Day of Kason

 

ACCORDING to U Tin Aung My­int, a member of the Shwemaw­daw Pagoda Board of Trustees, a rice donation ceremony for 1,000 monks and 100 nuns and the cer­emonial pouring of water on the sacred banyan tree will be held at Shwemawdaw Pagoda in Bago, Bago Region, on Wednesday, 11 May.

 

“At 5 am on the full moon day of Kason, a total of 1,000 monks from various monasteries in Bago will consecrate the pago­da. At 5.30 am, dawn meals will be offered to 1,000 monks and 100 nuns. The rice offering ceremony will take place on the platform of the pagoda. Starting at 4 pm, the traditional water-pouring cer­emony onto the sacred banyan tree will take place. At around 6 pm, a Dhamma sermon will be delivered at the main hall of the pagoda,” said U Tin Aung Myint.

 

While only the water-pour­ing ceremony is usually held on the full moon day of Kason each year at the pagoda, this year’s event will include several addi­tional ceremonies. These include a pagoda consecration ceremony, a rice donation to monks and nuns, and a Dhamma sermon. During the evening’s water-pour­ing ceremony, guests will also be served with charity feast. — ASH/KNN