There are two-consecutive ‘Big Buddha Days’ looming up and many Buddhists are buying things to offer to monks. On Friday afternoon, our reporter went down to observe offerings that are dedicated to Buddhist monks’ in the shops in front of Wat Chai Mongkon.

Mrs. Supitra Chukiti wiboon, 27, who sells gift sets for the  monks at Wat Chai Mongkon for over twenty years, said it was nearly Big Buddha Day and that a number of people went to buy her  gift sets, but not so many as last year because of, perhaps, economic position on not the prices. She said she still held  the same prices, in spite of the fact that the costs was higher this year.

Mrs. Supitra added that most people chose to buy a medium-size gift to monks for 150 baht.

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