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Thai Traditional Festival - Flower Offering Ceremony (2020)

 

   

   

 

 Issue Name:

Thai Traditional Festival - Floral Offerings

 Thai Issue Name:

ประเพณีไทย - ตักบาตรดอกไม้

 Issue Date:

2020/2563-07-12

 Cause:

To publicize the annual Floral Offering Festival in Saraburi

 Catalogue Number:

2020/16-19

 Denomination:

3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht

 Unused Value:

3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht, 3 Baht

 Complete Set:

12 Baht (unused), 4 Baht (used)

 Thailex Collection:

n/a

 Size:

48 x 30 mm for designs 1 and 4, and 30 x 48 mm for designs 2 and 3

 Quantity of Stamps:

n/a

 Printer:

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

 Subject:

Depictions of the annual Tak Baat dokmai Festival, with the Flower Offering Ceremony at Wat Phra Phutthabaht in Saraburi, where devotees offer Weeping Goldsmith flowers, in Thai called dok khao phansa, literally ‘entering Buddhist Lent flower’, as the ceremony takes place at the start of Buddhist Lent, which is known in Thai as khao phansa.

 Related Links:

Tak Baat, Wat Phra Phutthabaht, Saraburi, 20th Anniversary of the UNESCO, Visit Thailand Year (1987), dokmai, khao phansa, dok khao phansa, Weeping Goldsmith, khao phansa, Saraburi postage stamp