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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dates_of_observance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dates_of_observance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Dates of observance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dates_of_observance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_Southeast_Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Southeast_Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>In Southeast Asia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Southeast_Asia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-In_Thailand" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Thailand"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>In Thailand</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Thailand-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_Laos" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Laos"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.2</span> <span>In Laos</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Laos-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Boun_Bang_Fay" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Boun_Bang_Fay"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.2.1</span> <span>Boun Bang Fay</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Boun_Bang_Fay-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_Indonesia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Indonesia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.3</span> <span>In Indonesia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Indonesia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_Malaysia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Malaysia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.4</span> <span>In Malaysia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Malaysia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_Myanmar_(Burma)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Myanmar_(Burma)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.5</span> <span>In Myanmar (Burma)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Myanmar_(Burma)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_the_Philippines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_the_Philippines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.6</span> <span>In the Philippines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_the_Philippines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_Singapore" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Singapore"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.7</span> <span>In Singapore</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Singapore-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_Vietnam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Vietnam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.8</span> <span>In Vietnam</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Vietnam-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_South_Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_South_Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>In South Asia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_South_Asia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-In_Nepal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Nepal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.1</span> <span>In Nepal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Nepal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_Sri_Lanka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Sri_Lanka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.2</span> <span>In Sri Lanka</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Sri_Lanka-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_India" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_India"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.3</span> <span>In India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_India-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_Bangladesh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Bangladesh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.4</span> <span>In Bangladesh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Bangladesh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_East_Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_East_Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>In East Asia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_East_Asia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-In_Japan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Japan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.1</span> <span>In Japan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Japan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_South_Korea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_South_Korea"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.2</span> <span>In South Korea</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_South_Korea-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Outside_Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>United Nations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-United_Nations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle United Nations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-United_Nations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-International_Vesak_summit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_Vesak_summit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>International Vesak summit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_Vesak_summit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_renditions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_renditions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Local renditions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_renditions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE" title="বুদ্ধ পূৰ্ণিমা – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="বুদ্ধ পূৰ্ণিমা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Vesak" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahina_Waisak" title="Rahina Waisak – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Rahina Waisak" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE" title="বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waisak" title="Waisak – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Waisak" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BC%84%E0%BC%85%E0%BC%8D%E0%BC%8D_%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9F%E0%BE%B3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BC%8D" title="༄༅།། ས་ག་ཟླ་བ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="༄༅།། ས་ག་ཟླ་བ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0_%D2%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Буянта һара – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Буянта һара" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Vesak" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vesak" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesakh" title="Vesakh – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Vesakh" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BA" title="Βεσάκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βεσάκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Vesak" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budha_tago" title="Budha tago – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Budha tago" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Vesak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="روز بودا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="روز بودا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Vesak" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Vesak" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D1%80_%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Үр сар – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Үр сар" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EC%82%AC%EC%B9%B4" title="베사카 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="베사카" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95" title="वेसक – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="वेसक" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waisak" title="Waisak – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Waisak" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it 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For the Hindu and Sikh new year festival, see <a href="/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a>. For the disciple of Buddha, see <a href="/wiki/Visakha" title="Visakha">Visakha</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="mw-redirect" title="Jains">Jains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Buddhist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significance</th><td class="infobox-data summary">Commemoration of the birth, enlightenment and death of <a href="/wiki/The_Buddha" title="The Buddha">The Buddha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observances</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_meditation" title="Buddhist meditation">Meditation</a>, observing, and some <a href="/wiki/Eight_Precepts" class="mw-redirect" title="Eight Precepts">Eight Precepts</a>, partaking of vegetarian food, giving to charity, "bathing" the Buddha</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">Full moon of the lunar month of Vesākha, usually in April, May or June.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2024 date</th><td 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>22 May (Cambodia)</li> <li>2 June (Singapore)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 June (Thailand)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4 June (Indonesia)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysID_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysID-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2025 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>1 May (Cambodia)</li> <li>22 May (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysMY_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysMY-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MYA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MYA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysSG_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysSG-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THA_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>23 May (Indonesia, Sri Lanka)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysID_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysID-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysLK_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysLK-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2026 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>1 May (Cambodia)</li> <li>11 May (Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand)<sup id="cite_ref-MYA_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MYA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THA_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>12 May (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysID_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysID-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysMY_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysMY-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysSG_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysSG-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysLK_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysLK-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2027 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>30 April (Myanmar)<sup id="cite_ref-MYA_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MYA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1 May (Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysLK_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysLK-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-THA_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>31 May (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)<sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysID_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysID-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysMY_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysMY-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PublicHolidaysSG_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicHolidaysSG-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">Annual</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Buddhism_dham_jak.svg/100px-Buddhism_dham_jak.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Buddhism_dham_jak.svg/150px-Buddhism_dham_jak.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Buddhism_dham_jak.svg/200px-Buddhism_dham_jak.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-above"> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#f6d971;;background:#f6d971;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Therav%C4%81da_Buddhism" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Theravāda Buddhism">History</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="border: 1px solid #ffd068"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pre-sectarian_Buddhism" title="Pre-sectarian Buddhism">Pre-sectarian Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Buddhist_schools" title="Early Buddhist schools">Early schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sthaviravada" class="mw-redirect" title="Sthaviravada">Sthaviras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_councils" title="Buddhist councils">Buddhist councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vibhajyav%C4%81da" title="Vibhajyavāda">Vibhajjavāda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_Maha_Viharaya" title="Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya">Mahāvihāra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamrashatiya" title="Tamrashatiya">Tambapaṇṇiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%ABpava%E1%B9%83sa" title="Dīpavaṃsa">Dīpavaṃsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa" title="Mahāvaṃsa">Mahāvaṃsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pali_Text_Society" title="Pali Text Society">Pali Text Society</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#f6d971;;background:#f6d971;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Key figures</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="border: 1px solid #ffd068"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bh%C4%81%E1%B9%87aka" title="Bhāṇaka">Bhāṇaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moggaliputta-Tissa" title="Moggaliputta-Tissa">Moggaliputta-Tissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_(buddhist_monk)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahinda (buddhist monk)">Mahinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanghamitta" title="Sanghamitta">Sanghamitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devanampiya_Tissa" title="Devanampiya Tissa">Tissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhagho%E1%B9%A3a" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhaghoṣa">Buddhaghoṣa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhadatta" title="Buddhadatta">Buddhadatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhammap%C4%81la" title="Dhammapāla">Dhammapāla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parakramabahu_I" title="Parakramabahu I">Parakramabahu I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81kassapa_(12th_century)" title="Mahākassapa (12th century)">Mahākassapa (12th century)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C4%81riputta_(12th_century)" title="Sāriputta (12th century)">Sāriputta (12th century)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin_Arahan" title="Shin Arahan">Shin Arahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anawrahta" title="Anawrahta">Anawrahta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Khamhaeng" class="mw-redirect" title="Ram Khamhaeng">Ram Khamhaeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikkaduwe_Sri_Sumangala_Thera" title="Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera">Sumangala Thera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anagarika_Dharmapala" title="Anagarika Dharmapala">Anagarika Dharmapala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongkut" title="Mongkut">Mongkut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajirananavarorasa" title="Vajirananavarorasa">Vajirananavarorasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ledi_Sayadaw" title="Ledi Sayadaw">Ledi Sayadaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_Nu" title="U Nu">U Nu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_N%C4%81rada" title="U Nārada">U Nārada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaddanta_%C4%80ci%E1%B9%87%E1%B9%87a" title="Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa">Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasi_Sayadaw" title="Mahasi Sayadaw">Mahasi Sayadaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_Ba_Khin" class="mw-redirect" title="U Ba Khin">U Ba Khin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._N._Goenka" title="S. N. Goenka">S. N. Goenka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mun_Bhuridatta" class="mw-redirect" title="Mun Bhuridatta">Mun Bhuridatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajahn_Chah" title="Ajahn Chah">Ajahn Chah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Ghosananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Maha Ghosananda">Maha Ghosananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kripasaran" title="Kripasaran">Kripasaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bauddha_Rishi_Mahapragya" title="Bauddha Rishi Mahapragya">Mahapragya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pragyananda_Mahasthavir" title="Pragyananda Mahasthavir">Pragyananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Sri_Dhammananda" title="K. Sri Dhammananda">K. Sri Dhammananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narada_Mahathera" class="mw-redirect" title="Narada Mahathera">Narada Mahathera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asoka_Weeraratna" title="Asoka Weeraratna">Asoka Weeraratna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walpola_Rahula_Thero" title="Walpola Rahula Thero">Walpola Rahula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Jayatilleke" title="K. N. Jayatilleke">Jayatilleke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kalupahana" title="David Kalupahana">Kalupahana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_Dhammaloka" title="U Dhammaloka">U Dhammaloka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyanatiloka" title="Nyanatiloka">Nyanatiloka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanamoli_Bhikkhu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanamoli Bhikkhu">Nanamoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyanaponika_Thera" title="Nyanaponika Thera">Nyanaponika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhikkhu_Bodhi" title="Bhikkhu Bodhi">Bhikkhu Bodhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajahn_Sumedho" title="Ajahn Sumedho">Ajahn Sumedho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajahn_Brahm" title="Ajahn Brahm">Ajahn Brahm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhante_Sujato" title="Bhante Sujato">Bhikkhu Sujato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Analayo" class="mw-redirect" title="Analayo">Analayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varanggana_Vanavichayen" title="Varanggana Vanavichayen">Varanggana Vanavichayen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhammananda_Bhikkhuni" title="Dhammananda Bhikkhuni">Dhammananda Bhikkhuni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayya_Tathaaloka" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayya Tathaaloka">Ayya Tathaaloka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayya_Khema" title="Ayya Khema">Ayya Khema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kee_Nanayon" title="Kee Nanayon">Kee Nanayon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dipa_Ma" title="Dipa Ma">Dipa Ma</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#f6d971;;background:#f6d971;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Pali_literature" title="Pali literature">Literature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="border: 1px solid #ffd068"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pali_Canon" title="Pali Canon">Pāli Tipiṭaka</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paracanonical_texts_(Therav%C4%81da)" title="Paracanonical texts (Theravāda)">Paracanonical</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atthakatha" title="Atthakatha">Commentaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sub-commentaries_(Therav%C4%81da)" title="Sub-commentaries (Theravāda)">Sub-commentaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paritta" title="Paritta">Paritta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visuddhimagga" title="Visuddhimagga">Visuddhimagga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhidhammattha-sangaha" title="Abhidhammattha-sangaha">Abhidhammattha-saṅgaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vimuttimagga" title="Vimuttimagga">Vimuttimagga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhidhamm%C4%81vat%C4%81ra" title="Abhidhammāvatāra">Abhidhammāvatāra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yog%C4%81vacara%27s_manual" title="Yogāvacara's manual">Yogāvacara's manual</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#f6d971;;background:#f6d971;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Nik%C4%81ya" title="Nikāya">Orders</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Nikāya)</span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="border: 1px solid #ffd068"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding: 2px 6px;background-color:#fbe8a2;"> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Thailand" title="Buddhism in Thailand">Thailand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Laos" title="Buddhism in Laos">Laos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Cambodia" title="Buddhism in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;padding:2px;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Nikaya" title="Maha Nikaya">Mahā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhammayuttika_Nikaya" title="Dhammayuttika Nikaya">Dhammayuttika</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding: 2px 6px;background-color:#fbe8a2;"> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Myanmar" title="Buddhism in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;padding:2px;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thudhamma_Nikaya" title="Thudhamma Nikaya">Thudhamma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shwegyin_Nikaya" title="Shwegyin Nikaya">Shwegyin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81dv%C4%81ra_Nik%C4%81ya" title="Mahādvāra Nikāya">Mahādvāra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C5%ABladv%C4%81ra_Nik%C4%81ya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mūladvāra Nikāya (page does not exist)">Mūladvāra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ve%E1%B8%B7uvana_Nik%C4%81ya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Veḷuvana Nikāya (page does not exist)">Veḷuvana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anaukchaung-dv%C4%81ra_Nik%C4%81ya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anaukchaung-dvāra Nikāya (page does not exist)">Anaukchaung-dvāra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hngettwin_Nikaya" title="Hngettwin Nikaya">Hngettwin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ga%E1%B9%87avimutti_Nik%C4%81ya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaṇavimutti Nikāya (page does not exist)">Gaṇavimutti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhammayuttika_Nikaya" title="Dhammayuttika Nikaya">Dhammayuttika</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding: 2px 6px;background-color:#fbe8a2;"> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Buddhism in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;padding:2px;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amarapura%E2%80%93R%C4%81ma%C3%B1%C3%B1a_Nik%C4%81ya" title="Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya">Amarapura–Rāmañña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siam_Nikaya" title="Siam Nikaya">Siam</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding: 2px 6px;background-color:#fbe8a2;"> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Bangladesh" title="Buddhism in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;padding:2px;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sangharaj_Nikaya" title="Sangharaj Nikaya">Saṅgharāja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasthabir_Nikaya" title="Mahasthabir Nikaya">Mahāsthabir</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#f6d971;;background:#f6d971;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Traditions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="border: 1px solid #ffd068"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pariyatti,_pa%E1%B9%ADipatti,_pa%E1%B9%ADivedha" title="Pariyatti, paṭipatti, paṭivedha">Pariyatti, paṭipatti, paṭivedha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C4%81dhu_(Pali_word)" title="Sādhu (Pali word)">Sādhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thus_have_I_heard" title="Thus have I heard">Evaṃ me sutaṃ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theravada_Abhidhamma" title="Theravada Abhidhamma">Abhidhamma method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamma%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na" title="Kammaṭṭhāna">Kammaṭṭhāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vassa" title="Vassa">Vassa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pav%C4%81ra%E1%B9%87%C4%81" title="Pavāraṇā">Pavāraṇā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vipassana_movement" title="Vipassana movement">Vipassana movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_Forest_Tradition" title="Thai Forest Tradition">Thai Forest</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Tradition_of_Ajahn_Chah" title="Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah">Ajahn Chah Forest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pa-Auk_Forest_Monastery" title="Pa-Auk Forest Monastery">Pa-Auk Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Forest_Tradition" title="Sri Lankan Forest Tradition">Sri Lankan Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Esoteric_Buddhism" title="Southern Esoteric Buddhism">Esoteric Theravāda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhammakaya_tradition" title="Dhammakaya tradition">Dhammakaya</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#f6d971;;background:#f6d971;padding:0.2em;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)">Festivals</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="border: 1px solid #ffd068"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vesākha Pūjā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81gha_P%C5%ABj%C4%81" title="Māgha Pūjā">Māgha Pūjā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asalha_Puja" title="Asalha Puja">Āsāḷha Pūjā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ka%E1%B9%ADhina" title="Kaṭhina">Kaṭhina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhidhamma_Day" title="Abhidhamma Day">Abhidhamma Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uposatha" title="Uposatha">Uposatha</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div 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href="/wiki/Preah_Sihanouk_Raja_Buddhist_University" title="Preah Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University">Sihanouk</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preah_Sihamoni_Raja_Buddhist_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Preah Sihamoni Raja Buddhist University (page does not exist)">Sihamoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champasak_Sangha_College" title="Champasak Sangha College">CSC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangha_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sangha College (page does not exist)">Sangha College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kertarajasa_Buddhist_College" title="Kertarajasa Buddhist College">Kertarajasa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Syailendra_Buddhist_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Syailendra Buddhist College (page does not exist)">Syailendra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalanda_Institute" title="Nalanda Institute">Nalanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhamma_Dipa_International_Buddhist_University" title="Dhamma Dipa International Buddhist University">DDIBU</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 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href="/wiki/Pali_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pali language">Pali</a>: <i lang="pi">Vesākha</i>; <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>: <i><span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">vaiśākha</i></span></i>), also known as <b>Buddha Jayanti</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-Wesak_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wesak-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Buddha Purnima</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Visak Bochea</b> and <b>Buddha Day</b>, is a holiday traditionally observed by <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>, as well as in <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Source_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is among the most important <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist festival">Buddhist festivals</a>. The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Pali: <a href="/wiki/Nibb%C4%81na" class="mw-redirect" title="Nibbāna">Nibbāna</a>, Sanskrit: <a href="/wiki/Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a" class="mw-redirect" title="Nirvāṇa">Nirvāṇa</a>), and death (<a href="/wiki/Parinibb%C4%81na" class="mw-redirect" title="Parinibbāna">Parinirvāna</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a> in <a href="/wiki/Theravada" title="Theravada">Theravada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibetan Buddhism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Navayana" title="Navayana">Navayana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name <i>Vesak</i> is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pali</a> term <i><span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl">vesākha</i></span></i> or <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> <i><span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">vaiśākha</i></span></i> for the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_month" title="Lunar month">lunar month</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vaisakha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaisakha">Vaisakha</a>, which is considered the month of Buddha's birth.<sup id="cite_ref-HT_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Mahayana" title="Mahayana">Mahayana</a> Buddhist traditions, the holiday is known by its Sanskrit name (<i><span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">Vaiśākha</i></span></i>) and derived variants of it. </p><p>In the East Asian tradition, a celebration of <a href="/wiki/Buddha%27s_Birthday" title="Buddha's Birthday">Buddha's Birthday</a> typically occurs around the traditional timing of Vesak, while the Buddha's awakening and death are celebrated as separate holidays that occur at other times in the calendar as <a href="/wiki/Bodhi_Day" title="Bodhi Day">Bodhi Day</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parinirvana_Day" title="Parinirvana Day">Nibbāna Day</a>. In the South Asian tradition, where Vesak is celebrated on the full moon day of the <a href="/wiki/Vaisakha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaisakha">Vaisakha</a> month, the Vesak day marks the birth, enlightenment, and the ultimate death of the <a href="/wiki/Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha">Buddha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Boston_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_birth_of_the_Buddha;_scene_with_Queen_Maya_Wellcome_V0046076.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_birth_of_the_Buddha%3B_scene_with_Queen_Maya_Wellcome_V0046076.jpg/220px-The_birth_of_the_Buddha%3B_scene_with_Queen_Maya_Wellcome_V0046076.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_birth_of_the_Buddha%3B_scene_with_Queen_Maya_Wellcome_V0046076.jpg/330px-The_birth_of_the_Buddha%3B_scene_with_Queen_Maya_Wellcome_V0046076.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_birth_of_the_Buddha%3B_scene_with_Queen_Maya_Wellcome_V0046076.jpg/440px-The_birth_of_the_Buddha%3B_scene_with_Queen_Maya_Wellcome_V0046076.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2466" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maya_(mother_of_the_Buddha)" title="Maya (mother of the Buddha)">Queen Maya</a> holds onto a branch of a tree while giving birth to the Buddha, who is received by the <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Aakra_(Buddhism)" title="Śakra (Buddhism)">Śakra</a> as other gods look on.</figcaption></figure> <p>Although Buddhist festivals have centuries-old tradition, the first conference of the <a href="/wiki/World_Fellowship_of_Buddhists" title="World Fellowship of Buddhists">World Fellowship of Buddhists</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> in 1950 formalized the decision to celebrate Vesak as the Buddha's birthday across multiple Buddhist countries. The resolution that was adopted at the World Conference reads as follows: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>That this Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, while recording its appreciation of the gracious act of His Majesty, the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Nepal" title="King of Nepal">Maharaja of Nepal</a> in making the full-moon day of Vesak a <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Nepal#Festivals_and_celebrations" title="Culture of Nepal">Public Holiday in Nepal</a>, earnestly requests the Heads of Governments of all countries in which large or small number of Buddhists are to be found, to take steps to make the full-moon day in the month of May a Public Holiday in honour of the Buddha, who is universally acclaimed as one of the greatest benefactors of Humanity.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On Vesak Day, Buddhists all over the world commemorate events of significance to Buddhists of all traditions: The birth, enlightenment and the death of <a href="/wiki/Buddha_Gautama" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha Gautama">Buddha Gautama</a>. As Buddhism spread from India it was assimilated into many foreign cultures, and consequently Vesak is celebrated in many different ways all over the world. In India, Vaishakh Purnima day is also known as Buddha Jayanti day and has been traditionally accepted as Buddha's birth day. </p><p>In 2000, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations (UN)</a> resolved to internationally observe the day of Vesak at its headquarters and offices.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Celebration">Celebration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Celebration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The month of May usually has one full moon, but as there are 29.5 days between full moons, occasionally there are two. If there are two full moons during the month of May, some countries (including Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Malaysia) celebrate Vesak on the first full moon, while others (Thailand, Singapore) celebrate the holiday on the full moon of 4th lunar month. The difference also manifests in the observance of other Buddhist holidays, which are traditionally observed at the local full moon.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Vesak, devout Buddhists and followers alike assemble in their various temples before dawn for the ceremonial and honorable hoisting of the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_flag" title="Buddhist flag">Buddhist flag</a> and the singing of hymns in praise of the holy <a href="/wiki/Refuge_(Buddhism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Refuge (Buddhism)">triple gem</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Buddha</a>, The <a href="/wiki/Dharma_(Buddhism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharma (Buddhism)">Dharma</a> (his teachings), and The <a href="/wiki/Sangha_(Buddhism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangha (Buddhism)">Sangha</a> (his disciples). Devotees may bring simple offerings of flowers, candles and <a href="/wiki/Joss-sticks" class="mw-redirect" title="Joss-sticks">joss-sticks</a> to lay at the feet of their teacher. These symbolic offerings are to remind followers that just as the beautiful flowers would wither away after a short while, and the candles and joss-sticks would soon burn out, so too is life subject to decay and destruction. Devotees are enjoined to make a special effort to refrain from killing of any kind. They are encouraged to partake only of vegetarian food for the day. In some countries, notably Sri Lanka, two days are set aside for the celebration of Vesak, and all liquor shops and slaughter houses are closed by government decree during the two days. </p><p>Also birds, insects and animals are released by the thousands in what is known as <a href="/wiki/Life_release" title="Life release">life release</a> to give freedom to those who are in captivity, imprisoned, or tortured against their will. (The practice, however, is <a href="/wiki/Criminal_law_of_Singapore" title="Criminal law of Singapore">banned in some countries such as Singapore</a>, as the released animals are unable to survive long-term or may adversely impact the local ecosystem if they do.)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some devout Buddhists will wear simple white clothing and spend the whole day in temples with renewed determination to observe the <a href="/wiki/Eight_precepts" title="Eight precepts">eight precepts</a>. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WesakDay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/WesakDay.jpg/150px-WesakDay.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/WesakDay.jpg/225px-WesakDay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/WesakDay.jpg/300px-WesakDay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Young novice monk on Vesak Day Parade</figcaption></figure> <p>Devout Buddhists undertake to lead a noble life according to the teaching by making daily affirmations to observe the <a href="/wiki/Five_Precepts" class="mw-redirect" title="Five Precepts">Five Precepts</a>. However, on special days, notably new moon and full moon days, they observe the eight precepts to train themselves to practice morality, simplicity, and humility. </p><p>Some temples also display a small statue of the Buddha in front of the altar in a small basin decorated with flowers, and filled with water or sweet tea for devotees to pour over the statue. This is symbolic of the cleansing of a practitioner's bad karma, and to reenact the events following the Buddha's birth, when <a href="/wiki/Deva_(Buddhism)" title="Deva (Buddhism)">devas</a> and spirits made heavenly offerings to him. </p><p>Devotees are expected to listen to talks given by monks. On this day, monks will recite verses uttered by the Buddha twenty-five centuries ago to invoke peace and happiness for the government and the people. Buddhists are reminded to live in harmony with people of other faiths and to respect the beliefs of other people as the Buddha taught. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bringing_happiness_to_others">Bringing happiness to others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bringing happiness to others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm/220px--Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="62" data-mwtitle="Korean_Minute-_Buddha's_Birthday_Festival.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm/Korean_Minute-_Buddha%27s_Birthday_Festival.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Video Korean Buddhist monks perform ritual dances and music on Buddha's Birthday.</figcaption></figure> <p>Celebrating Vesak also means making special efforts to bring happiness to the unfortunate like the aged, the disabled, and the sick. To this day, Buddhists will distribute gifts in the form of cash, or volunteering in various charitable homes throughout the country. Vesak is also a time for great joy and happiness, expressed not by pandering to one's appetites, but by concentrating on useful activities such as decorating and illuminating temples, or painting and creating exquisite scenes from the life of the Buddha for public dissemination. Devout Buddhists also vie with one another to provide refreshments and vegetarian food to followers who visit the temple to pay homage to the Enlightened One.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paying_homage_to_the_Buddha">Paying homage to the Buddha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Paying homage to the Buddha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to tradition the Buddha instructed followers how to pay him homage. Just before he died, he saw his faithful attendant <a href="/wiki/Ananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Ananda">Ananda</a>, weeping. The Buddha advised him not to weep, instead to understand the universal law that all <a href="/wiki/Dependent_origination" class="mw-redirect" title="Dependent origination">compounded things</a> (including even his own body) must disintegrate. He advised everyone not to cry over the disintegration of the physical body but to regard his teachings (The Dharma) as their teacher from then on, because only the truth of the Dhamma is eternal, and not subject to the law of change. He also stressed that the way to pay homage to him was not merely by offering flowers, incense, and lights, but by truly and sincerely striving to follow his teachings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dates_of_observance">Dates of observance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dates of observance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The exact date of Vesak is based on Asian <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar calendars</a> and is primarily celebrated in <a href="/wiki/Vaisakha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaisakha">Vaisakha</a>, a month of both the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendars</a>, hence the name Vesak. In Nepal, which is considered the birth-country of Buddha, it is celebrated on the full moon day of the <a href="/wiki/Vaisakha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaisakha">Vaisakha</a> month of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a>, and is traditionally called Buddha Purnima, Purnima meaning the full moon day in Sanskrit. In Theravada countries following the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a>, it falls on Uposatha Day, the full moon typically in the 5th or 6th lunar month. </p><p>Nowadays, in Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia, Vesak/Buddha Purnima is celebrated on the day of the first full moon in May in the Gregorian calendar. </p><p>For countries using the lunisolar calendar, the date for Vesak or Buddha's Birthday varies from year to year in the Gregorian calendar, but usually falls in April or May; in leap years it may be celebrated in June. In Bhutan it is celebrated on the 15th day of the fourth month of the Bhutanese lunar calendar. In Thailand, Laos, Singapore and Indonesia, Vesak is celebrated on the fourteenth or fifteenth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. In China, Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines, <a href="/wiki/Buddha%27s_Birthday" title="Buddha's Birthday">Buddha's Birthday</a> is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. In Japan, Buddha's Birthday is observed on the same date but in the Gregorian calendar, i.e. 8 April. </p><p>In Myanmar, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as <b>Full Moon of Kasun</b> and is a public holiday. It is celebrated by watering the Bodhi tree and chanting. In large pagodas, music and dance is also performed as part of the celebrations </p><p>In the following table, year 2021 date as per the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; background:#dfdfef;"> <td>Year<br />(CE)</td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Thailand<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Singapore<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Laos</td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Myanmar</td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Sri Lanka<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Cambodia<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Indonesia<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Nepal, Bangladesh &<br />India<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">China, Korea, & the Philippines<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Japan</td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;">Malaysia<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background:#dfdfef;text-align:center;width:10%;">Vietnam<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Bhutan<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td></td> <td>26 May<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>26 May 2565</td> <td></td> <td>26 May 2565</td> <td>26 May</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>19 May</td> <td>26 May</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2600_Sambuddhatva_jayanthi_in_Jetavana_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/2600_Sambuddhatva_jayanthi_in_Jetavana_02.jpg/220px-2600_Sambuddhatva_jayanthi_in_Jetavana_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/2600_Sambuddhatva_jayanthi_in_Jetavana_02.jpg/330px-2600_Sambuddhatva_jayanthi_in_Jetavana_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/2600_Sambuddhatva_jayanthi_in_Jetavana_02.jpg/440px-2600_Sambuddhatva_jayanthi_in_Jetavana_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2294" data-file-height="1477" /></a><figcaption>Vesak is celebrated in <a href="/wiki/Jetavana" title="Jetavana">Jetavana</a>, India, 2011.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Southeast_Asia">In Southeast Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In Southeast Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Thailand">In Thailand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In Thailand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Thailand, where Vesak Day is known as Visakha Buja Day (Visakha Puja Day), Buddhists usually make merits by going to temples, vowing to keep the Buddhists precepts, offering food to monks, listening to Dhamma Talks and practicing Vipassana meditation in the temples. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Laos">In Laos</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In Laos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Vixakha Bouxa</b> festival is the <a href="/wiki/Lao_people" title="Lao people">Lao</a> version of the Thai Visakha Puja, which it closely resembles. It commemorates the <a href="/wiki/Birth" title="Birth">birth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodhi">enlightenment</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Death" title="Death">death</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Buddha</a>, which are all said to have happened on the same date. It is held around the month of May or <i>Vesak</i>, based on the lunar calendar. Celebrations include <a href="/wiki/Dance_and_Theater_of_Laos" class="mw-redirect" title="Dance and Theater of Laos">dances</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poems</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parade" title="Parade">parades</a>, <a href="/wiki/Procession" title="Procession">processions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">deep meditation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dance_and_Theater_of_Laos" class="mw-redirect" title="Dance and Theater of Laos">theatrical performances</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Puppet_show" class="mw-redirect" title="Puppet show">puppet shows</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Boun_Bang_Fay">Boun Bang Fay</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Boun Bang Fay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One part of the Vixakha Bouxa festival is called <b>Boun Bang Fay</b>, or <a href="/wiki/Rocket_Festival" title="Rocket Festival">Rocket Festival</a>. As this occurs during the hottest and driest season of the year, large homemade <a href="/wiki/Firework" class="mw-redirect" title="Firework">rockets</a> are launched into the sky in an attempt to convince the celestial beings to send down <a href="/wiki/Rain" title="Rain">rain</a>. Traditionally, Buddhist <a href="/wiki/Monks" class="mw-redirect" title="Monks">monks</a> made the rockets out of hollow bamboo tubes filled with <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">gunpowder</a> (among other things). Nowadays, lay people make the <i>bang fai</i> more like <a href="/wiki/Fireworks" title="Fireworks">fireworks</a> and hold competitions for the highest, fastest and most colorful rockets. The event takes place on both sides of the Mekhong River border between Thailand and the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and sometimes teams from the neighbouring countries will compete against each other. Tourists travel long distances to witness this now popular event. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Indonesia">In Indonesia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: In Indonesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borobudur_on_Vesak_Day_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Borobudur_on_Vesak_Day_2011.jpg/170px-Borobudur_on_Vesak_Day_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Borobudur_on_Vesak_Day_2011.jpg/255px-Borobudur_on_Vesak_Day_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Borobudur_on_Vesak_Day_2011.jpg/340px-Borobudur_on_Vesak_Day_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1057" data-file-height="1102" /></a><figcaption>Vesak Day celebration in <a href="/wiki/Borobudur_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Borobudur temple">Borobudur temple</a>, Indonesia</figcaption></figure> <p>This significant and traditional holy day is observed throughout Indonesia, where it is known as Waisak Day.<sup id="cite_ref-Malik2007_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malik2007-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gupta2008_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gupta2008-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Borobudur" title="Borobudur">Borobudur</a>, thousands of Buddhist monks will join to repeat mantras and meditate as they circuit the temple in a ritual called "Pradaksina". This is a form of tribute to the temple. Monks celebrate the special day by bottling holy water (which symbolises humility) and transporting flames (which symbolize light and enlightenment) from location to location. The monks also take part in the "Pindapata"<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ritual, where they receive charity from the people of Indonesia. Waisak Day in Indonesia has been celebrated as a national public holiday every year since 1983. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Malaysia">In Malaysia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In Malaysia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wesak_at_Mara_Vihara.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Wesak_at_Mara_Vihara.jpg/220px-Wesak_at_Mara_Vihara.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Wesak_at_Mara_Vihara.jpg/330px-Wesak_at_Mara_Vihara.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Wesak_at_Mara_Vihara.jpg/440px-Wesak_at_Mara_Vihara.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="405" /></a><figcaption>People thronged to the Maha Vihara Buddhist Temple during the Wesak Day celebration in <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Celebrated by Buddhists to mark three momentous events in Buddha's life – his birth, enlightenment, and his departure from the human world, the Wesak celebration in Malaysia begins at dawn when devotees gather at Buddhist temples nationwide to meditate on the <a href="/wiki/Eight_Precepts" class="mw-redirect" title="Eight Precepts">Eight Precepts</a>. Donations – giving food to the needy and offerings of incense and joss sticks – and prayers are carried out. The sutras are chanted in unison by monks in saffron robes. The celebration is highlighted by a candle procession. Wesak Day in Malaysia is a national public holiday. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Myanmar_(Burma)"><span id="In_Myanmar_.28Burma.29"></span>In Myanmar (Burma)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: In Myanmar (Burma)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddha_Day_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Buddha_Day_02.jpg/220px-Buddha_Day_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Buddha_Day_02.jpg/330px-Buddha_Day_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Buddha_Day_02.jpg/440px-Buddha_Day_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4200" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Burmese Buddhist devotees traditionally water <a href="/wiki/Bodhi_Tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodhi Tree">Bodhi trees</a> to mark Vesak.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddha_Day.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Buddha_Day.jpg/220px-Buddha_Day.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Buddha_Day.jpg/330px-Buddha_Day.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Buddha_Day.jpg/440px-Buddha_Day.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Burmese Buddhist devotees converge on a Bodhi tree in preparation for watering.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a> (Burma), Vesak is known as the Full Moon Day of <a href="/wiki/Kason" title="Kason">Kason</a> (ကဆုန်လပြည့် ဗုဒ္ဓနေ့), which is the second month in the traditional <a href="/wiki/Burmese_calendar" title="Burmese calendar">Burmese calendar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The date is a public gazetted holiday. Buddhist devotees typically celebrate by offering alms to Buddhist monks, adhering to a more stringent set of Buddhist precepts, practicing meditation, and freeing fish and birds from captivity.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the country, the date is also marked by a traditional festival called the <i>Nyaungye-thun</i> or "Bodhi tree water pouring festival" (<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%80%8A%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9E%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ညောင်ရေသွန်းပွဲ (page does not exist)">ညောင်ရေသွန်းပွဲ</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%8A%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9E%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B2" class="extiw" title="my:ညောင်ရေသွန်းပွဲ">my</a>]</span>), whereby devotees visit <a href="/wiki/Burmese_pagoda" title="Burmese pagoda">pagodas</a> or monasteries (<a href="/wiki/Kyaung" title="Kyaung">kyaung</a>) to pour scented water to sacred <a href="/wiki/Bodhi_Tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodhi Tree">Bodhi Trees</a> using clay pots,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to ensure the trees, which hold great significance in Buddhism, do not die during the peak of summer.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This tradition dates back to the pre-colonial era and continues to take place at major pagodas such as the Shwekyetyet and Shwekyetkya Pagodas in the former royal capital of <a href="/wiki/Amarapura" title="Amarapura">Amarapura</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Konbaung_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Konbaung era">Konbaung era</a> court poet, <a href="/wiki/Letwe_Thondara" class="mw-redirect" title="Letwe Thondara">Letwe Thondara</a> composed a complete set of <a href="/wiki/Yadu_(poetry)" title="Yadu (poetry)"><i>yadu</i></a> poems describing this festival in Meza Hill, near <a href="/wiki/Katha,_Myanmar" title="Katha, Myanmar">Katha</a>, where he had been exiled by King <a href="/wiki/Hsinbyushin" title="Hsinbyushin">Hsinbyushin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_the_Philippines">In the Philippines</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In the Philippines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, the date of Vesak (known as <i>Araw ni Bisyak</i>, <i>Kaarawan ni Buddha</i>, <i>Araw ni Buddha</i> or <i>Adlaw sa Buddha</i>) follows the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_lunar_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese lunar calendar">Chinese lunar calendar</a>. Like China and Japan, Filipinos also bathe statues on this day.<sup id="cite_ref-Philippines_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Philippines-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Singapore">In Singapore</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In Singapore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Singapore, Vesak Day was made a public holiday in 1955 after many public petitions, replacing <a href="/wiki/Whit_Monday" title="Whit Monday">Whit Monday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ong2005_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ong2005-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Piyasīlo1992_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Piyasīlo1992-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LimLee2016_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LimLee2016-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early decades of the 20th century, Vesak Day was associated with the Ceylonese community which then celebrated it along with their National Day in a two-day event. After World War II, there was a movement to make Vesak Day a public holiday, with the Singapore Buddhist Association leading the petitions.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Vietnam">In Vietnam</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hu%E1%BA%BF_Ph%E1%BA%ADt_%C4%90%E1%BA%A3n_shootings" title="Huế Phật Đản shootings">Huế Phật Đản shootings</a></div> <p>In Vietnam, Vesak is also known as <span title="Vietnamese-language text"><i lang="vi">Phật Đản</i></span>. From 1958 to 1975, Vesak was a national public holiday in South Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a public festival with floats, and lantern parades on the streets. Under the President <a href="/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Di%E1%BB%87m" class="mw-redirect" title="Ngô Đình Diệm">Ngô Đình Diệm</a>, a member of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in Vietnam">Vietnam's Catholic minority</a>, South Vietnamese Buddhists were not allowed to celebrate Vesak, and faced many other restrictions. </p><p>On 8 May 1963, the day of Vesak in Vietnam, more than 3000 Vietnamese Buddhists were protesting President Diệm's ban on the Buddhist flag in the city of <a href="/wiki/Hu%E1%BA%BF" title="Huế">Huế</a>. Tensions rose throughout the day, and as protesters gathered around a government radio station, the Vietnamese army and police were called in to disperse the crowd. Soon after, the army started to shoot and throw grenades into the crowd. Nine were killed, and four were seriously injured.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These events are considered to be the beginning of Vietnam's <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_crisis" title="Buddhist crisis">Buddhist crisis</a>, which culminated in a governmental coup and the assassination of President Diệm. Successive South Vietnamese Governments recognized Vesak as a public holiday and allowed the celebrations to go on. </p><p>However, after the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon" title="Fall of Saigon">Fall of Saigon</a>, the day was no longer a public holiday. Since the 2000s, the festival has witnessed a revival across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vesak Celebration is officially held by the Vietnamese Buddhist Sangha every year and it aggregated international delegates for great events in 2008, 2014, 2019 (the 16th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebration).<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_South_Asia">In South Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: In South Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Nepal">In Nepal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: In Nepal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vesak, commonly known in <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> as "Buddha Jayanti" is widely celebrated all across the country, predominantly, <a href="/wiki/Lumbini" title="Lumbini">Lumbini</a> – the birthplace of Buddha, and <a href="/wiki/Swayambhunath" title="Swayambhunath">Swayambhu</a> – the holy temple for Buddhists, also known as "the Monkey Temple". The main door of <a href="/wiki/Swayambhunath" title="Swayambhunath">Swayambhu</a> is opened only on this very day, therefore, people from all over Kathmandu valley are stimulated by the event. Thousands of pilgrims from various parts of the world come together to celebrate Buddha's birthday at his birthplace, <a href="/wiki/Lumbini" title="Lumbini">Lumbini</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, Buddha is worshipped by all religious groups, therefore "Buddha Jayanti" is marked by a public holiday. People donate foods and clothes to the needy and also provide financial aid to monasteries and schools where Buddhism is taught and practised. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Sri_Lanka">In Sri Lanka</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: In Sri Lanka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vesak is celebrated as a religious and a cultural festival in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> on the full moon of the lunar month of Vesak (usually in the Gregorian month of May), for about one week, and this festival is often celebrated by people of different religions in Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this week, the selling of alcohol and fresh meat is usually prohibited, with slaughter houses also being closed.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Celebrations include religious and alms-giving activities. Electrically lit <a href="/wiki/Pandal" title="Pandal">pandals</a> called <i>thoranas</i> are erected in locations mainly in Colombo, Kandy, Galle and elsewhere, most sponsored by donors, religious societies and welfare groups. Each pandal illustrates a story from the <a href="/wiki/Jataka_tales" title="Jataka tales">Jataka tales</a>. </p><p>In addition, colorful lanterns called <i>"Vesak kuudu"</i><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are hung along streets and in front of homes. They signify the light of the Buddha, Dharma and the Sangha. Food stalls set up by Buddhist devotees called "<i>dansälas"</i> provide free food, ice-cream and drinks to passersby.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Groups of people from community organizations, businesses and government departments sing <i>bhakti gee</i> (Buddhist devotional songs). Colombo experiences a massive influx of people from all parts of the country during this week. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_India">In India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: In India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In India, the full moon day of the <a href="/wiki/Vaisakha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaisakha">Vaisakha</a> month of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a> is celebrated as Buddha Purnima.<sup id="cite_ref-HT_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The festival is commonly known as Buddha Purnima, as Purnima means full moon day in Sanskrit and Hindi languages. It is also called Buddha Jayanti, with Jayanti meaning birthday in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>. The festival is a public holiday in India.<sup id="cite_ref-HT_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Bangladesh">In Bangladesh</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: In Bangladesh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vesak Day is an important festival for all <a href="/wiki/Bengali_Buddhists" title="Bengali Buddhists">Bengali Buddhists</a>. In Bangladesh, it is celebrated in <a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a>, and other Buddhist regions in the country. In the Bangla language, it is known as Buddho Purnima. It is also a public holiday in Bangladesh. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_East_Asia">In East Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: In East Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Japan">In Japan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: In Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, Vesak or <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">hanamatsuri</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">花祭</span></span>)</span> is also known as <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kanbutsue</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">灌仏会</span></span>)</span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Gōtan'e</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">降誕会</span></span>)</span>), <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Busshōue</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">仏生会</span></span>)</span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yokubutsue</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">浴仏会</span></span>)</span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ryūge'e</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">龍華会</span></span>)</span> and <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Hanaeshiki</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">花会式</span></span>)</span>. It is not a public holiday. It is based on a legend that nine dragons appeared in the sky on the Buddha's birthday and poured <a href="/wiki/Am%E1%B9%9Bta" class="mw-redirect" title="Amṛta">amṛta</a> over him.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It used to be celebrated on the 8th day of the fourth month in the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a> based on one of the legends that proclaims the day as Buddha's birthday. At present, the celebration is observed on 8 April of the Solar Calendar since the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Meiji_Japan" title="Government of Meiji Japan">government of Meiji Japan</a> adopted the western solar calendar as the official calendar. Since the 8th day of the fourth month in the lunar calendar commonly falls in May of the current solar calendar, it is now celebrated about a month earlier. </p><p>In Japan, Vesak celebrations include pouring <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">amacha</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">甘茶</span></span>)</span>, a sweet tea made from <i><a href="/wiki/Hydrangea_macrophylla" title="Hydrangea macrophylla">Hydrangea macrophylla</a></i>, on statues. In Buddhist religious sites such as temples and <a href="/wiki/Vihara" class="mw-redirect" title="Vihara">viharas</a>, more involved ceremonies are conducted for lay Buddhists, priests, and monks and nuns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_South_Korea">In South Korea</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: In South Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_(8733836165).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg/220px-KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg/330px-KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg/440px-KOCIS_Korea_YeonDeungHoe_20130511_05_%288733836165%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4925" data-file-height="2829" /></a><figcaption>Lotus Lantern Festival (연등회, <a href="/wiki/Yeondeunghoe" title="Yeondeunghoe">Yeon Deung Hoe</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, South Korea</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> the <a href="/wiki/Buddha%27s_Birthday" title="Buddha's Birthday">birthday of Buddha</a> is celebrated on the 8th day of the 4th month in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_calendar" title="Korean calendar">Korean lunar calendar</a> (as well as in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>) and is an official holiday. This day is called <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">석가탄신일</span></span> (Seokga tansinil), meaning "Buddha's birthday" or <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">부처님 오신 날</span></span> (Bucheonim osin nal) meaning "the day when the Buddha came". It has now grown into one of the nation's biggest cultural festivals. Lotus lanterns cover the entire temple throughout the month which are often flooded down the street.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the day of Buddha's birth, many temples provide free meals and tea to all visitors. The breakfast and lunch provided are often sanchae <a href="/wiki/Bibimbap" title="Bibimbap">bibimbap</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Yeondeunghoe" title="Yeondeunghoe">Yeondeunghoe</a> (연등회) is a lantern-lighting festival in Korea celebrating the <a href="/wiki/Buddha%27s_Birthday" title="Buddha's Birthday">Buddha's Birthday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is inscribed in <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_Lists" title="UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists">UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List</a> from 2020 and enlisted as <a href="/wiki/Intangible_Cultural_Property_(South_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Intangible Cultural Property (South Korea)">South Korean Intangible Cultural Property</a> from 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outside_Asia">Outside Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Outside Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_Canada">In Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: In Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An annual event known as <i>Vesak: Buddha's Birthday</i> is celebrated in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> in its three major three Buddhist temples, that represent the three main branches of Buddhism.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Held at <a href="/wiki/Mississauga" title="Mississauga">Mississauga Celebration Square</a>, it features a number of Buddhist-themed events and activities, as well as cultural acts from Asia, including China, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Vesak in Ottawa: Buddha's Birthday</i> is celebrated in Ottawa. In May 2012, Visita Leelaratna organized a memorable occasion, Vesak, in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada. In commemoration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing away, the event aims to bring together various Buddhist groups around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commemoration has grown over the years, incorporating noteworthy occasions such as the unveiling of the International Buddhist flag at Ottawa's City Hall and official proclamations from regional authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With speeches from prominent people, artistic performances, and community initiatives aimed at fostering peace and understanding, the Vesak in Ottawa event has expanded throughout the years. The first official Buddhist road sign in the world and Canada was started in Ottawa by Visita Leelaratna, the founder of Buddhist Embassy <sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="In_United_States">In United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: In United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The celebration of Vesak or Buddha's Birthday in the United States differs among different Buddhist communities, depending on their ethnicity and nationality. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Maui" title="Maui">Maui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> the community is usually invited to celebrate Vesak Day (the birth of Buddha) on the full moon of <a href="/wiki/Vaisakha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaisakha">Vaisakha</a> at Chua Tu Hanh Buddhist Temple in Kahului, where there is guided sitting meditation and dharma talk by a Zen master; which is followed by the bathing ceremony of the baby Buddha and a joyful meal to end the evening.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state of <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> has officially recognized April 8 of each year as "Buddha Day", which celebrates the birth of <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay Area">Bay Area</a> of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, the Japanese celebration on April 8 has also been significant for several decades. In 1968 the first <a href="/wiki/Circumambulation" title="Circumambulation">circumambulation</a> of Mt. Tamalpais to celebrate Buddha's Birthday was conducted. Starting in 1969 at <a href="/wiki/Tassajara_Zen_Mountain_Center" title="Tassajara Zen Mountain Center">Tassajara Zen Mountain Center</a>, <i>Hana-Matsuri (花ーまつり - flower festival)</i> was celebrated each spring. Dressed in formal black robes, the roughly 70 monks and students form a formal procession to the Horse Pasture with the leader periodically ringing a small, clear bell. A temporary stone altar was built under a huge oak tree in a gorgeous field of green grass and abundant wildflowers; a small statue of a baby Buddha was placed upon it in a metal basin. Then each person, in turn, approaches the altar, and ladle one thin-lipped bamboo dipperful of sweet green tea over the statue, bow, and walk to one side.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> celebrates the <i>International Lotus Lantern Parade</i>, an annual event held at <a href="/wiki/Union_Square_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Square Park">Union Square Park</a>. The event celebrates the Buddha's birthday and <i>Yeon Deung Hoe</i> (연등회,燃燈會), a Korean lantern celebration that is held during <i>Vesak</i>. The festival features a number of Buddhist themed events and is started off by numerous Buddhist centers of Japanese, Korean and Sri Lankan origins for example.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_Nations">United Nations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: United Nations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 December 1999 the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="General Assembly">General Assembly</a> adopted resolution 54/115, entitled 'International recognition of the Day of Vesak at <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations" title="Headquarters of the United Nations">United Nations Headquarters</a> and other United Nations offices'. The proposal to declare Vesak as an international public holiday was tabled at the United Nations General Assembly by Sri Lanka. The resolution internationally recognized the Day of Vesak to acknowledge the contributions that The Buddha and Buddhism have made for over two and a half millennia. It also called for annual commemoration of the day at the UN Headquarters, in New York, UNESCO and other UN offices around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>International celebrations since 2000 included the first Vesak celebration in the UN (New York) on 15 May 2000. 34 countries were represented.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahinda_Deegalle_2018_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahinda_Deegalle_2018-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Day of Vesak is an official holiday for the UN offices in many of the countries in South-East Asia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_Vesak_summit">International Vesak summit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: International Vesak summit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thailand has hosted an international Vesak summit 11 times, Vietnam 3 times, and Sri Lanka once. </p> <ul><li>25 May 2004 in <a href="/wiki/Phutthamonthon" title="Phutthamonthon">Phutthamonthon</a>, Thailand<sup id="cite_ref-Mahinda_Deegalle_2018_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahinda_Deegalle_2018-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18–21 May 2005 in <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a>, Thailand<sup id="cite_ref-Mahinda_Deegalle_2018_80-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahinda_Deegalle_2018-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2006 to 2013 in Thailand</li> <li>2014 in Vietnam<sup id="cite_ref-Mahinda_Deegalle_2018_80-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahinda_Deegalle_2018-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015 in Thailand<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016 in Thailand<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017 in Sri Lanka<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018 in Thailand</li> <li>2019 in Vietnam</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_renditions">Local renditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Local renditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are multiple local renditions of the Vesak festival name, varying by local language, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a>: <span lang="as">বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা</span> <i>Buddho Purnima</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা</span> <i>Buddho Purnima</i>, <span title="Bengali-language text"><span lang="bn">বুদ্ধ জয়ন্তী</span></span> <i>Buddho Joyonti</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_language" title="Burmese language">Burmese</a>: <span lang="my">ကဆုန်လပြည့် ဗုဒ္ဓနေ့</span> <i>Kasonelapyany Buddhanae</i>, "Full Moon Day of Kason"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a>: <i lang="ceb">Adlaw sa Buddha</i> (<i>Buddha's Day</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">佛陀誕辰紀念日</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Fótuó dànchén jìniàn rì</span></i>, (Buddha's Birthday or Birthday of the Gautama Buddha), 佛誕 (<i>Fódàn</i>, Birthday of the Buddha), 浴佛節 (<i>Yùfójié</i>, Occasion of Bathing the Buddha), 衛塞節 (<i>Wèisāi jié</i> Vesak Day), 偉大的衛塞節花節偉大的滿月 (<i>Wěidà de wèi sāi jié huā jié wěidà de mǎnyuè</i> Great Vesak Day Flower Festival Full Moon of Flower Moon)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzongkha_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dzongkha language">Dzongkha</a>: <span lang="dz"><big>སྟོན་པའི་དུས་ཆེན་༥ འཛོམས་</big></span> <i>Dhüchen Nga Zom</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Vesak</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>: <span lang="hi">बुद्ध पूर्णिमा</span> <i>Buddha Pūrṇimā</i>, <span title="Hindi-language text"><span lang="hi">बुद्ध जयन्ती</span></span> <i>Buddha Jayantī</i>, <span title="Hindi-language text"><span lang="hi">वैशाख पूर्णिमा</span></span> <i>Vaisākh Pūrṇimā</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilocano_language" title="Ilocano language">Ilocano</a>: <i lang="ilo">Aldaw ni Buddha</i> (<i>Day of the Buddha</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">花祭り</span> <i>Hanamatsuri</i> (Flower Festival)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khmer_language" title="Khmer language">Khmer</a>: <span lang="km">វិសាខបូជា</span> <i>Visak Bochea</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a>: <span lang="kn">ಬುದ್ಧ ಪೌರ್ಣಮಿ</span> <i>Buddha Pournami</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">석가 탄신일</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">釋迦誕辰日</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">RR</a>: <span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn">Seokka Tanshin-il</i></span> (Birthday of the Shakyamuni Buddha), <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">부처님오신날</span> (Buddha's Day)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lao_language" title="Lao language">Lao</a>: <span lang="lo">ວິສາຂະບູຊາ</span> <i>Vixakha Bouxa</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a>: <ul><li><i>Hari Wesak</i> (Jawi: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1227789315">.mw-parser-output .script-arabic{font-family:"Scheherazade New","SF Arabic",Amiri,"Noto Naskh Arabic","Droid Arabic Naskh","Noto Sans Arabic","Sakkal Majalla","Harmattan","Arabic Typesetting","Arabic 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-ms-writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: tb-lr; writing-mode: vertical-lr;; text-orientation: sideways; vertical-align:text-top;">ᠪᠤᠷᠬᠠᠨ<br />ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ ᠶ᠋ᠢᠨ<br />ᠶᠡᠬᠡ<br />ᠳᠦᠢᠴᠡᠩ<br />ᠡᠳᠦᠷ</span> <i>Burkhan Bagshiin Ikh Düichinn Ödör</i> (Lord Buddha's Great Festival Day)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>: <span lang="mr">बुद्ध पौर्णिमा</span> <i>Buddha Pournima</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">बुद्ध पुर्णिमा</span> <i>Buddha Purnima</i>, <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language text"><span lang="ne">बुद्ध जयन्ति</span></span> <i>Buddha Jayanti</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newar_language" title="Newar language">Newar</a>: <span lang="new">स्वांया पुन्हि</span> <i>Swānyā Punhi</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a>: <span lang="or">ବୁଦ୍ଧ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣିମା</span> <i>Buddha Purnimā</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">День рождения Гаутамы Будды</span> <i>Den' rozhdeniya Gautamy Buddy</i> (Birthday of the <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a>), <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">День Гаутамы Будды</span> (<i>Den' Gautamy Buddy</i> Gautama Buddha's Day), <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Великий День Цветов Весак</span> (<i>Velikiy Den' Tsvetov Vesak</i> Great Vesak Flower Day), <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">День Весака</span> (<i>Den' Vesaka</i> Vesak Day), <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">День Будды</span> (<i>Den' Buddy</i> Buddha's Day), <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Буддийское рождество</span> (<i>Buddiyskoye rozhdestvo</i> Buddhist <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>: <span lang="si">වෙසක්</span> <i>Vesak,</i> වෛශාක්‍ය Vaishakya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">விசாகத் திருநாள்</span> <i>Vicākat Tirunāḷ</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>: <i lang="tl">Araw ni Bisyak</i>, Araw ni Buddha (<i>Buddha's Day</i>), Kaarawan ni Buddha (<i>Buddha's Birthday</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>: <span lang="te">బుద్ధ పౌర్ణమి</span> <i>Buddha Pournami</i> or alternatively వైశాఖ పౌర్ణమి <i>Vaisakha Pournami</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>: <span lang="th">วิสาขบูชา</span> <small><a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_General_System_of_Transcription" title="Royal Thai General System of Transcription">RTGS</a>: </small><span title="Royal Thai General 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word-wrap:break-word;"><big>ས་ག་ཟླ་བ་དུས་ཆེན</big></span>, <a href="/wiki/Wylie_transliteration" title="Wylie transliteration">Wylie</a>: <i>sa ga zla ba dus chen</i>, <a href="/wiki/THL_Simplified_Phonetic_Transcription" title="THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription">THL</a>: <i>Sa Ga Dawa Dü Chen</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a>: <i lang="vi">Lễ Phật Đản</i>; <a href="/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_H%C3%A1n" title="Chữ Hán">Chữ Hán</a>: 禮佛誕 (Birthday of the Buddha), <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a>: <i lang="vi">Ngày hội hoa Phật</i> (Buddha's Lord Flower Festival Day)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vesak&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/International_Children%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="International Children's Day">International Children's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norodom_Monineath" title="Norodom Monineath">Queen Mother's Birthday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Day" title="Constitution Day">Constitution Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pchum_Ben" title="Pchum Ben">Pchum Ben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norodom_Sihanouk" title="Norodom Sihanouk">King Father's Commemoration Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Paris_Peace_Accords" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Paris Peace Accords">Paris Peace Agreement Day</a></li> <li>Coronation Day of King Norodom Sihamoni</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_of_Cambodia" title="Independence Day of Cambodia">Independence Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bon_Om_Touk" title="Bon Om Touk">Water and Moon Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Day" title="Human Rights Day">Human Rights Day</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuti_bersama" title="Cuti bersama">Joint holiday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyepi" title="Nyepi">Nyepi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Day" title="Labour Day">Labour Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Ascension" title="Feast of the Ascension">Ascension Day</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vesak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancasila_(politics)" title="Pancasila (politics)">Pancasila Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hari_Kemerdekaan" class="mw-redirect" title="Hari Kemerdekaan">Independence Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_New_Year" title="Islamic New Year">Islamic New Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Mawlid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isra%27_and_Mi%27raj" title="Isra' and Mi'raj">Isra' and Mi'raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_map_of_Indonesia.svg/150px-Flag_map_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_map_of_Indonesia.svg/225px-Flag_map_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_map_of_Indonesia.svg/300px-Flag_map_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1260" data-file-height="462" 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href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Malaysia)" title="Independence Day (Malaysia)">Merdeka Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muharram" title="Muharram">Muharram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang di-Pertuan Agong">Agong's Birthday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Day" title="Malaysia Day">Malaysia Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad's Birthday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_map_of_Malaysia.svg/125px-Flag_map_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_map_of_Malaysia.svg/188px-Flag_map_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, 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