is usually made in Muban Wat Kudi Thong, Ban
Phokhaphiwat, and Wat Uttamaphichai in Amphoe Phrom
Buri. The day is not exactly fixed, but it will happen during
the time that young rice grows enough to give a milk-like
juice. A ceremonial pavilion will be set up and encircled by
a holy thread. Virgin girls will bring nine ingredients: bean,
sesame, milk, butter, sugar, coconut, honey, sugarcane
juice, and milk-like juice squeezed out of young rice, to
mix in a giant wok. The ingredients will be heated by
flame from the firewood of Javanese cassia and jujube
trees, ignited by the sun. The stirring will be accompanied
by Buddhist monks’ chant of victory, as well as sound of
beating gongs and drums. The ritual still follows the
traditional practice by having the appearance of a Brahman.
The virgin girls who participate in the ritual must be
the ones who do not yet start their first menstrual periods.
They are required to wear white and practise the Buddhist
eight precepts in order to purify their body and mind before
the ceremony. The girls will help make Khao Thip, which
takes around six hours to finish. The sweet will be put in a
container as an offering to the monks in the next morning.