This day commemorates Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and attainment of Nirvana, making it the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar. Here in Singapore, Buddhists visited temples to take part in candlelight procession where they pass the light from one candle to another.Vesak Day is marked on the a full moon during the month of May. Since there are two full moons in May this year, some countries celebrated Vesak on May 1.
Chinatown hosted the inaugural Chinatown Vesak Festival were a colorufl eveining parade was held. This year's celebrations also marks the opening of the Budddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum. It has a stupa made up of 420 kg of gold from melted gold jewelries donated by devotees.
It's also the time when believers release animals as a sign of compassion, a practice now being criticized because it does more harm than good. Imagine releasing a domesticated rabbit in the Singapore wilderness. People would usually go to parks and reservoirs to release the animals. Although cases are getting fewer, the Singapore government has urged the public not to release animals as they commemorate Vesak Day.
It's also the time when believers release animals as a sign of compassion, a practice now being criticized because it does more harm than good. Imagine releasing a domesticated rabbit in the Singapore wilderness. People would usually go to parks and reservoirs to release the animals. Although cases are getting fewer, the Singapore government has urged the public not to release animals as they commemorate Vesak Day.
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why don't those worshippers do that in the Philippines and those animals end up as pulutan. ha ha!
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