Ban Bat

Ban Bat (Thai: บ้านบาตร, RTGS: Ban Bat, pronounced [bâːn bàːt]; also spelled Banbatt) is one of the five sub-districts (khwaeng) in the Pom Prap Sattru Phai District of Bangkok. It has an area of 0.316 km2 (0.122 sq mi). Some parts of the northern area are on the Khlong Maha Nak canal.[1][2] The west side borders the Samran Rat Sub-district of Phra Nakhon District.

Wat Saket with Golden Mount in the distance

History and etymology

The name Ban Bat means 'alms bowl community'.

Locals believe that their ancestors immigrated from Ayutthaya after its fall in 1767. In 1782, King Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I) established what is today's Bangkok. The refugees settled there, but the date of their migration is unclear. They were known for creating monk's alms bowls, which required handcrafting and manual labor. This tradition has lasted to the modern day. Locals have established the Ban Bat Community, a group that preserves the monk's alms bowl tradition and sells alms bowls to visitors as souvenirs.[2][3]

Ban Bat was also home to the house and band of Luang Pradit Pairoh, who was regarded as a master of traditional Thai music.

Places

Another old community, Ban Dokmai, is nearby. It has a tradition of making fireworks ("firework" in Thai called dokmai fai (Thai: ดอกไม้ไฟ; RTGS: dok mai fai; literally 'flame flower'). Similar to the alms bowls of Ban Bat, this tradition may be lost.[2]

Other points of interest include the following:

References
  1. "ประชากรกรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล พ.ศ. 2549" (PDF) (in Thai). Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
  2. พนาราม, อาศิรา (4 June 2009). ""บ้านบาตร – บ้านดอกไม้" ตามรอยแหล่งวัสดุและภูมิปัญญาชุมชนในเขตเมืองเก่า". TCDC (in Thai). Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. "Ban Bat—The Last Buddhist Monk Alms Bowl Makers of Thailand". Nathan Hutchinson, Photographer. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. Sazabiz (24 September 2015). "วังบ้านดอกไม้". ThaiHRhub (in Thai).

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