{"id":16487,"date":"2023-04-12T18:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T18:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/?p=16487"},"modified":"2023-04-14T19:02:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T19:02:01","slug":"16487","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/2023\/04\/12\/16487\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai New Year \u2013 Songkran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"CToWUd a6T aligncenter\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/rI0rnDSrfHuOGc4HmsdC-k-9RdHr_F2Alkk1aw6Akq7KY5FEJ1mfFdDT9PBs0msZLbC-IcZTC78blEJIrRem5ddH_tBXBerFFZ6Oieu1oLuhRi7exHrBQ5TEIQpjkoI=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Songkran-fest-768x512-1-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>On this Sunday 16 April, the Thai Songkran New Year will be celebrated in Sumedharama.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">As in Western New Year celebrations, Songkran also has the idea and purpose to reflect and leave behind the past, renewing the energies and determinations for the new year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The festivities start at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>At 9.30 a.m. the monastic community will make the traditional Songs of Protection \u2013 Paritta, at which time visitors will also be able to make the request of the Five Precepts.<\/p>\n<p>Then, at 10am, the Rice Offer Ceremony and the meal of the day will take place. (You can bring a dish to share.)<\/p>\n<p>After the Meal, around 12 noon, the traditional Water Ceremony will take place, in which everyone can participate.<\/p>\n<p>From 4pm to 6pm we will have our usual Sunday Meditation Workshop<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone is Welcome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, April 16, will be celebrated in Sumedharama [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16487"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16491,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16487\/revisions\/16491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}