Royal Ploughing Ceremony

Royal Ploughing Ceremony
Royal Ploughing Ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand (2019)
Official name	ព្រះរាជពិធីច្រត់ព្រះនង្គ័ល Preăh Réach Pĭthi Chrát Preăh Neăngkoăl (Cambodia) වප් මඟුල් Vap Magula (Sri Lanka)[1] பொன்னேர் உழுதல் "Ponner Uzhuthal" (Tamil Nadu, India - Ploughing with the golden plough.[2] พระราชพิธีจรดพระนังคัลแรกนาขวัญ Phra Ratcha Phithi Charot Phra Nangkhan Raek Na Khwan (Thailand)
Also called	The Ploughing Festival Farmer's Day
Observed by	Cambodians, Sri Lankans, and Thais
Type	National in the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand Regional festival in Sri Lanka
Significance	Marks the beginning of the rice growing season
Observances	Ploughing
Date	Hora determination (Thailand) 4th day of the 6th lunar month's waning moon (Cambodia)[3]
2024 date	24 to 26 May (Cambodia)

The Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Khmer: ព្រះរាជពិធីបុណ្យច្រត់ព្រះនង្គ័លPreăh Réach Pĭthi Chrát Preăh Neăngkoăl; Sinhala: වප් මඟුල් Vap Magula; Thai: พระราชพิธีจรดพระนังคัลแรกนาขวัญ Phra Ratcha Phithi Charot Phra Nangkhan Raek Na Khwan), 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.