Chaiyaphum residents push for alcohol abstinence on religious days
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Some 20,000 Chaiyaphum residents gathered at city hall yesterday to promote alcohol abstinence on Buddhist holidays as part of a campaign dubbed the "Five Precepts Village". The Northeast province launched this campaign after achieving success with its pr
Chaiyaphum Governor Napa Sakuntanakrong said that on January 27, residents had signed a memorandum of understanding to have schoolgirls refrain from wearing short skirts or trousers on religious holidays, and wear sinh instead. They also campaigned for alms to be offered to monks once a month at the city hall, she said.
The province has also implemented the “Five Precepts Village” campaign at 42 pilot villages. The province has a total of 1,700 villages.
