ANNUAL BUN BOEK FA RED CROSS FESTIVAL

More than a thousand students from MSU participated in the very popular Bun Boek Fa grand parade for the opening of the annual Bun Boek Fa Red Cross Fair.

The spectacular parade on January 28 was a part of the opening day ceremonies for the annual event. The Bun Boek Fa festival coincides with the beginning of the rice harvest season. Traditionally, farmers pay homage to the Goddess of Rice, Mae Pho Sop, preserving traditional Isan customs through ceremonies showing respect to the goddess.

For the tourist it is simply a festival. For the Isan people it is a very important part of their traditional lives.

The Red Cross is very well supported in Mahasarakham and the Bun Boek Fa Red Cross Fair gives students from many faculties at MSU the opportunity to showcase their faculties work at stalls erected for the ten day festival.

Besides the stalls there is a carnival atmosphere every night with many varieties of food available, carnival attractions and bargains galore at the many market stalls.

One of the very popular attractions is the fishing pond where every ‘fish’ caught wins a prize and a new car or motorcycle up for grabs.

The Bun Boek Fa Red Cross Fair is an event involving all the Mahasarakham community with people from all over Maha Sarakham Province coming to town to join in the festival atmosphere. ...more pics