Discover the stunning coconut offering festival

Today I came here a day or two early to film and share the setup atmosphere with you all. Today, people are already selling the offering coconuts. Inside, they're also setting up to sell a lot of other goods. And there are lotto stalls, bounce houses, electric rides, train rides, so many of them. I've talked quite a bit, so now I'll head inside and film the scene here. Here's the way in. These are the things they'll attach to the offering coconuts. And these are the lane dividers. On festival days, it gets really crowded. So they use these barrels to separate the lanes, so people can move through without traffic jams. I guess they've been using them here for many years. This entrance road is lined with coconut stalls. They've even added flowers on top for the Buddhist worshippers coming here to pray. Then they'll place the coconuts inside the storage house, like they used to back then. There used to be a local legend here. People would step on it and hear it make a sound. Then later, one time. I just heard this, okay? Let me tell you the short version. There was a pregnant woman who stepped on it, and then the stalk disappeared completely. And ever since then, that custom has continued to this day. I keep seeing this auntie online. Auntie has been selling here for years. Yes, ma'am. It used to be even busier before. This is your regular spot, right? I always see you here. I've been selling here all month, right up to now. For decades now. Besides festival days, is it still busy here on normal days, auntie? It's still enough to get by. There are still people coming to pray. Some people buy them by the bunch. Auntie, are these the coconuts you prepared for this festival? Yes, like these. Wow, that's a lot. It stretches up that high. There are so many stalls here. More than two weeks. Yes. So you sell out just like this? We sell out completely, then bring in more. So business is really good. Year-round. Pretty much non-stop. These coconuts are small, but they're easy to work with. It all comes down to picking the right offering coconuts. When people buy them, they choose the offering coconuts like this. This one should be 25 too, like the ones the ladies inside sell. 25. Wow. Mine's 20. 20 doesn't leave me any profit. Inside, I have pots. Pots? They're expensive now. Even a fruit drink at the shop is 20 now. You can tie this to a bike, or wear it on your wrist. And this cord can go around the belly, or around a baby's neck. So the baby stays safe from sickness. Ours is made like this. It's like the one they give you when you go to the ceremony. This one is ready-made. And inside, they cut it already. This one is already pre-spun. Four strands make one. This braided one is sturdy. This one too, just weave it and it's done. This is another kind of cord, even one for the ears. For a rash, it helps ease it. I think I made this one myself. Thank you. It takes really skilled hands to make something like this, all tied together. It's all black, with this thick strap here. This morning, Sammy took all six. He often wears this one. I wore one like this before, too. Yes. We engrave all kinds. And this one. This one's a bead string. A bead string, about this long. This is for a cute newborn baby girl. Don't startle her. Basically, this one's for wearing for blessings. Just keep engraving. On normal days I can keep engraving, but on some days I'm not allowed to. Yes. The second, what month was it? Last month. Right. Can you keep up with sales? The ninth gets really crowded. Really crowded. I can't keep up. You'd need someone helping to sell that much. There's no one to help. By then, it would just keep piling up. Yes. The owner. Yes. Now it's just me here alone. I do everything myself, as fast as I can. Today, you can already see people getting everything ready and getting busy. Selling cakes. Basically, they're selling a whole pile of coconuts here, as you can see. They even sell all the way to that gate. So this festival draws huge crowds every year. Thanks, Auntie. I mean, they sell here non-stop. These coconuts are like tall coconuts, and they sell fast. Let's keep filming here. The vendors are getting ready to do business. Yeah, not filming the competition area here. Nothing's being sold. It's noon now, and people are already getting ready to sell. It's really busy. During the coconut offering ritual, after worship, the coconuts are brought here. This is where, according to old stories, it first appeared, also called Khan, or that Khan. See, the coconuts are placed here. You put them in here. Please subscribe to support the channel. They don't allow selling here, especially along the walkway. Vendors aren't allowed on the path so locals can get through more easily. Here's the back area, with the vendor stalls. They sell clothes, fake gold, and sugarcane juice. There's the lotto area, ball toss games, everything's here. They sell pants here. This is the lotto area, the train ride, the snack and game zone, the ferris wheel, and over here is the electric ride area.