Pavāranā Kam (the act of inviting others to advise one) is the important ceremony for monks, which is organized on the day of the end of the Buddhist Lent (Lao: Bun òk phansa). Commonly falling on the full moon day of the eleventh lunar month (or in October). Pavāranā means “inviting admonition”, an invitation to one’s monastic colleagues to give admonishments for any offences committed during the three-month retreat when monastic members lived together communally, thereby helping to ensure observance of the Vinaya, the regulatory framework of the Sangha.