Kathina
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Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand offers Kathina robes to monks at 2010 Kathin.
Kathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists.[1] The season during which a monastery may hold a Kathina festival is one month long, beginning after the full moon of the eleventh month in the Lunar calendar (usually October).
It is a time of giving, for the laity to express gratitude to monks.[2][3] Lay Buddhists bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks.[1][2][3]