CROCODILE FLAG&FOLDED GIBBON
These symbols present two similar ceremonies of offering the robes to the monks. Crocodile flags will be flown ata KATHIN ceremony while folded gibbon will be hung on a mock tree in a PHAPA ceremony. Tha big difference of these ceremonies is Kathin will be held within a month after the end of Buddhist lent while Phapa ceremonies can be held throughout the year.