Role of Monks in Rabbua (Lotus Offering) Ritual Conservation of Wat Bang Phli Yai, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province

Abstract

This article was a part of thesis entitled ‘Role of Monks in Rabbua (Lotus Offering) Ritual Conservation of Wat Bang Phli Yai, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province’ containing the following objectives, to study the role of Buddhist monk for tradition preserving, to study of history and significance  of Rubbua festival as Wat Bangphli Yai, Bang Yai, Samut Prakan province, to study the role of monk for tradition preserving at Wat Bang Phri Yai, Samut Prakan. It was a documentary research and in deep interview. The findings were that the Rubbua tradition was performed by offering the lotus as symbol with devoted and worshiped with their sincere faith and confidence. It reflects the luck and fortune of life with happiness. People participate function together for the unity of community, generosity, earnest, truthfulness. The role of monks to preserve such Rubbua tradition showed that they persuade people in community to organize and participate the same function with huge mass every year, the corporation of participation and arranging, and connecting various government unit and companies to organize the function, and they preserve and clean the canal to prepare a beautiful and clean ceremony area.