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Thai Ploughing Day

May 10 is Ploughing Day. This venerated Brahmin ritual has links with Buddhist tradition and requires a royal minister to feed two Sacred Cows in Sanam Luang. The future is predicted according to whether Prakho Therd and Phrakho Thoon (Name of the cows) eat rice paddy, maize, green bean, sesame, hard liquor, water or grass. A repast of paddy […]