When New Years came, our village would have a special ceremony for the monks.
In the morning, the people would bring cooked food, fruit and sweets to the temple. Then the food was placed all around the monks and the monks began to pray.
After the prayer, the monks ate the food. When they finished, they would give the rest of the food to the people sitting in the temple.
Some of them would eat together and some would pick up their food to take home.
At night they would play taped music, mostly Isaan songs, but there were also a couple of western songs. The first time I heard western music, I really liked it.
This was the time for people in the village to get together, eat, drink, and dance.
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