Makhaboucha: entertainment and street food for the traditional Thai festival at Wat Thammapatip

In Thailand, the Makha Bucha festival is a tradition that takes place every year in February. Considered one of the most important Buddhist celebrations in Thailand, it is a public holiday in the country, with many rituals. During Makha Bucha, families go to the temple to make offerings to the monks, then in the evening, processions take place under the full moon, according to the Theo Courant website.

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This year, the festival falls on Wednesday February 12, 2025: so, at the Wat Thammapatip pagoda in Lieusaint, in the Seine-et-Marne département, Makhaboucha will be celebrated over the weekends of February 8 and 9, as well as February 15 and 16, 2025. What's on the program? The usual program, with numerous Thai street food stalls at low prices, a meditation session on Sunday afternoon and, above all, the opportunity to discover this unique place with its 1001 golden statues in the Paris region.

Wat Thammapatip, the unusual pagoda for an immersion in Thailand less than 1 hour from Paris
In Moissy-Cramayel, Seine-et-Marne, it's a place that immediately plunges you into another culture, immersing you in a country far removed from Paris, its metro and its rain. Welcome to Wat Thammapatip International, the unusual pagoda of 77. [Read more]

Entrance is free and open to all: count €5 per "dish" to take away (a sheltered, heated area allows you to eat on site, or indoors if the weather isn't fine), and the venue is accessible by public transport (just take the RER D towards Melun and get off at the Lieusaint-Moissy stop). Happy Makhaboucha to all!

Please note: this is first and foremost a place of worship, not a tourist attraction. Of course, the general public is welcome, but only on condition that they respect the pagoda as a whole.