About Waso and Kahtein pwè taw

It is with the greatest of the reverence to the Exalted One, the Buddha, the Sakyamuni, that I write this Waso-Kahtein Thingan.
Thank you for your good mail about : "Bama Thahaya-Thingaha" (France) which had been sucessfully organized for "Waso and Kahtein Thingan" i.e., our burmese traditional buddhist religious festivals at the monastery of Sayadaw U Kumara. Note 1: Thahaya "Pali" = associating; Thingaha or Saṅgaha "Pali" = help, assistance; Or, Saṅgaha in French = aide, soutien, signifying: 1. Ᾱmisa saṅgaha = Aide matérielle, ou Soutien avec des dons matériels and 2. dhammasaṅgaha = Le fait d'aider en enseignement ou en motrant la Vérité, ou Aide en enseignement le Dhamma.

Note-Eng: Vassa "pali" or "Waso", (Lit.: rain / pluie) = to keep lent / la retraite traditionnelle de trois mois; "Waso Thingan", i.e., to make an offering of priests' garments at the beginning of the season of lent / retraite ; Kaṭhina "Pali" or Kahtein = a sacred period (namely, month of Tazaungmôn), during which priests' garments are presented with ceremonies ; "Kahtein Thingan", i.e., a garment made at such period (or bought ready made ones) in order to make an offering to Buddhist monks / priests at the end of the lent.
Note-Fr:Vassa, Lit.:"pluie". –La retraite traditionnelle de trois mois (de mi-juillet à mi-octobre), pendant la saison des pluies en Asie du Sud-Est, entrprise chaque année dans les monastères bouddhiques. C'est généralement un moment d'attention accrue à des points de discipline et réservé à l'instrution spirituelle. On compte l'ancienneté des moines au nombre de vassa passées; Année.
Note-Fr: Kaṭhina (solide, dur, difficile):- Cérémonie de la fin de la retraite des pluies, vassa, au cours de laquelle les laïcs font des offrandes au monastère, en particulier de nouveaux vêtements monastiques, kaṭhina civara, or, Vêtement monastique confectionné en une seule journée et offert lors de la cérémonie de kaṭhina. Kattikamᾱsa: Période de mi-octobre à mi-novembre. La pleine lune de novembre commémore l'envoi par le Bouddha des soixante premiers "émancipés", arahᾱ, pour transmettre le Dhamma en Inde. Commémore également le décès de Sᾱriputta, l'un des deux principaux disciples du Bouddha.
 Note: The Buddha says:-"I declare, O Bhikkhus, that volition/intention, Cetanᾱ is Kamma. Having willed one acts by body, speech and thought". Then, we are taught in the same way by Bhikkhus / Saṅgha, one of "The Three Jewels" = "ti-ratana", or "The Three Refuges" = "ti-saraṇa". According to this above-mentionned Buddha-Dhamma orTeaching-Path, taking refuge in the Triple Gem, and paying respect to the Five Anantas or fivefold Infinitudes, i.e., five benefactors with boundless attributes and infinite excellences, I willingly accepted your invitation in order to participate in your Kusala - Kamma or meritorious actions. *"Notes: recueillis en Fr. from Michel Henri DUFOUR, Dictionnaire Pᾱli-Français du Bouddhisme originel, les Editions des 3 Monts", et collected en Ang. from Buddhist texts. *Aung zay yatu thaba mingalan ! With lots of love-metta to you all,
*Aung Ko (principal male actor in tthe film, "Beyond Rangoon/Rangoon", by Jhon Boorman, 1995, dedicated to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1995).
P.S. I'll send this message and your message (attach file) to other dhamma-friends on my side who haven't known yet about this celebration of religious offering, so that they may make an offering directly by themselves at the monastery or via me, as they wish.