On Monday morning at the Sawang Boriboon Foundation, the Vegetarian Festival had come to the near-final stage with the Hungry Souls Feeding Ceremony. Hundreds of Chinese-Thai Buddhists contributed their time and donations of food and money to buy the Chinese traditional gold and silver colored papers that symbolize the basic needs of hungry souls, such as clothes, money, and other conveniences to be used in after-death world. The participants burnt the offerings during the ceremony, believing that this will send all their donations to the hungry souls, who are still wandering homeless in their afterlife. The observance offered all the assistance to the hungry souls without families, as these deceased receive no help or prayers from families. The Chinese believe that feeding hungry souls will bring protection and merit to the donors.
The Chairman of Sawang Boriboon Foundation Mr. Wisit Chalalitnititam and the Chairman of Sawang Boriboon Rescue Section Mr. Prasit Tongtidjarern led the volunteers and the people in this merit obtaining ceremony, and then allocated many generous donations to all the less fortunate and living people, who came to accept the offerings as they do every year.
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