(ĐN)- More than 3,500 Buddhist monks and nuns and over 500,000 followers throughout Dong Nai province celebrated the Vu Lan festival (Buddhist Mother Holidays) in a warm and joyful atmosphere. This year’s festival fell on August 27.
(ĐN)- More than 3,500 Buddhist monks and nuns and over 500,000 followers throughout Dong Nai province celebrated the Vu Lan festival (Buddhist Mother Holidays) in a warm and joyful atmosphere. This year’s festival fell on August 27. The event attracted a large number of visitors who crowded into pagodas. The Vu Lan festival offers Buddhists a time to reflect and express their gratefulness to their mothers.
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| Joyful atmosphere of the Vu Lan festival |
On this occasion, Buddhist monks, nuns and followers in the province contributed over VND 300 million to build houses for poor people and give gifts for people affected by natural disasters. After the Vu Lan Festival, the Dong Nai provincial Buddhist Sangha will organize visits and present about 1,000 gifts for flood-affected people in the
Reported by Phong Vu
