Royal Ploughing Ceremony

Royal Ploughing Ceremony
Royal Ploughing Ceremony
Official name
  • ព្រះរាជពិធីច្រត់ព្រះនង្គ័ល Preăh Réach Pĭthi Chrát Preăh Neăngkoăl (Cambodia)
  • พระราชพิธีจรดพระนังคัลแรกนาขวัญ Phra Ratcha Phithi Charot Phra Nangkhan Raek Na Khwan (Thailand)
  • වප් මඟුල් Vap Magula (Sri Lanka)
  • பொன்னேர் உழுதல் Ponner Uzhuthal (Tamil Nadu, India - ploughing with the golden plough)
Also called
  • The Ploughing Festival
  • Farmer's Day
Observed byCambodians, Thais, and Sri Lankans
Type
  • National holiday in Cambodia and Thailand
  • Regional festival in Sri Lanka
SignificanceMarks the beginning of the rice growing season
Date4th day of the 6th lunar month's waning moon (Cambodia)

Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Khmer: ព្រះរាជពិធីបុណ្យច្រត់ព្រះនង្គ័ល, Preăh Réach Pĭthi Chrát Preăh Neăngkoăl; Thai: พระราชพิธีจรดพระนังคัลแรกนาขวัญ, Phra Ratcha Phithi Charot Phra Nangkhan Raek Na Khwan; Sinhala: වප් මඟුල්, Vap Magula), also known as The Ploughing Festival, is an ancient royal rite held in many Asian countries to mark the traditional beginning of the rice growing season. The royal ploughing ceremony, called Lehtun Mingala (လယ်ထွန်မင်္ဂလာ, pronounced [lɛ̀tʰʊ̀ɰ̃ mɪ̀ɰ̃ɡəlà]) or Mingala Ledaw (မင်္ဂလာလယ်တော်), was also practiced in pre-colonial Burma until 1885, when the monarchy was abolished.

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