Final Idea for my Assignment 1 Festival

Finally, finally, finally~
After a long consultation between myself and the festivals.
I had made my final decision on what to do on my festival- Wesak Day. A very traditional festival which organize in almost all the temples in Malaysia every year by Buddhists.

Here they are:

Lord of Buddha.

Buddhists pouring water into the basin of the lord statue.

Buddhist devotees offers incense sticks to Buddha .

Small Buddhist monk.

'Huat-kuih' which buddhists used to pray.

Praying with lotus candles.

A prayer praying with lotus flower.

WESAK Day~

Wesak Day falls in the month of May and is considered to be the most important festival for Buddhists in Malaysia. This day is celebrated in order to observe the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha which according to the Buddhists all three of the events took place on the same lunar date. Different countries celebrate Wesak Day on different days due to the difference in the local lunar observance.

On this particular day the Malaysian Buddhist devotees will begin the celebrations usually even before dawn where they will gather at the temples. The Buddhists will then hoist the Buddhist flag and sing hymns in praise of the holy triple gem namely; The Buddha, The Dharma (his teachings) and The Sangha (his disciples). Simple offerings are also brought to the temple such as flowers while prayers using candles and joss-sticks are used.

The reasons I choose???

First, it is my own religious festival, at least I have more knowledges on this festival better than others. I think I can do better in this.

Besides, I had participated myself in this festival every year and I think I can create a good work.

On the other hand, it is a very important festival for the Buddhist, so as a Buddhist, I think it should be a very good opportunity for me to introduce Wesak Day to others via my assignment.

I will try my best~^^