One of the big events held during Buddhist Lent - that’s to say from khau pansa in July, to auk pansa in October - is ‘Tan kuay salak’ when people in the same village or towns join together to bring food and other needed offerings, packed in baskets, to offer to the monks of their locality. The word ‘kuay’ refers to a bamboo basket, ‘salak’ is a piece of paper or palm leaves indicating the names of the dead people they want to bestow the blessing on, and the word ‘tan’ means ‘to give’. Normally this event is held during the period from the Northern 12th month (September) until October-November.