Sandonta Festival, Gratitude Day, Worshiping Ancestors, Surin Rajabhat University, Year 2022

On behalf of the Office of Arts and Culture Surin Rajabhat University would like to thank the management, faculty, staff, students of Surin Rajabhat University. and all participants That makes the event of the Sandonta tradition, a day of gratitude, worshiping the ancestors of Surin Rajabhat University for the year 2022 at the Grandfather Shrine of Surin Rajabhat University Well done

For the Sandonta tradition, it is a tradition to pay homage to spirits and ancestors of Thai-Khmer descent. including Khmer or Cambodian It will be held every year on the 14th day of the 10th lunar month, which this year falls on September 24, 2021. The villagers will perform the Sandonta ritual at home. by preparing food, fruits, betel nuts, cigarettes, put in small krathongs and set them outside the house fence on the 15th day of the lunar day so that ghosts who have no relatives Including making offerings to the ancestral shrines of the village Paying homage to the home shrine And will perform a ritual at the temple for the ancestors to receive the merit that has been dedicated. alleviates the karma loop which the Thai people of Khmer descent hold on to this tradition and inherited for a long time With the belief that the deceased ancestors will bless relatives or children with happiness and prosperity. successful career