Katrina ceremony at Buddhist Hermitage Lunas 2008

My family and I were at the Buddhist Hermitage Lunas this morning for the Katrina robe-offering ceremony. It's a day earmarked for devotees to offer robes to the monks. The ceremony started off with a procession 0f Buddha's image round the premises.


And later, the Katrina ceremony itself.


Never knew about the extent of the Burmese community in this part of the country but obviously, there is a huge presence. They were at the Hermitage too and they were having a fun time cooking, eating and talking. They must've come by the busloads because I would estimate their number to be about 80 to 100 people.