Category Archives: Ceremonies and Celebrations

Preparing for the Monks’ Retreat

Posted on December 19, 2014 by isantraveller

  Every year at the end of December, Don Chao Poo Forest, Amphur Phana, Amnat Charoen Province, is host to a 10-day retreat for several hundred monks and lay men and women. The monks come from all over Isan and … Continue reading →

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Disturbed forest, disturbed monkeys

Posted on January 3, 2012 by isantraveller

The long-tailed macaque is said to prefer to inhabit ‘disturbed forests’. Don Chao Poo, or the monkey forest, here in Phana is certainly disturbed. It has been disturbed by installing four large Buddha images, and paving the sandy paths to … Continue reading →

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The Monkey Forest: a community space

Posted on September 23, 2011 by isantraveller

The monkey forest (Don Chao Poo) is frequently used by the community of Phana for ceremonial and celebratory occasions. The Phana Municipality (Tetsaban Phana) is responsible for the forest and it is the tetsaban which organizes events there. Sometimes the … Continue reading →

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