Food & Offerings

You are welcome to bring food, salads, vegetables, fruits, desserts, and snacks to offer to the monks
and to share among attendees.

Dress Code: blue 👕

General casual or polite attire, preferably in blue and white tones. However, please include a symbol of
mourning, such as a black ribbon.

Event Schedule

The schedule for the National Mother’s Day Celebration at Wat Thai Washington, D.C. (Sunday, August 9)
is divided into the following main sessions:

• Merit-making and dedication ceremony (dakṣiṇānupradāna) to offer royal merit
• Chanting of Buddhist prayers
• Alms-offering (tak bat)
• Offering of lunch meal (phen) to the monks
• Student performances
• Community lunch

• Chanting and listening to the sermon/instruction by the Abbot
• Award ceremony for students
• Announcement and certificate presentation for the “Outstanding Mother of the Year”
• Reading of poetry in honor of mothers
• Ceremony of bowing to mothers (krap mae) and presenting jasmine flowers
• Singing the song “Im Oun”
• Group photo session