Ban Bat Explained

Official Name:	Ban Bat
Native Name:	บ้านบาตร
Settlement Type:	Khwaeng
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Thailand
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Bangkok
Subdivision Type3:	Khet
Subdivision Name3:	Pom Prap Sattru Phai
Area Total Km2:	0.251
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Population As Of:	2019
Population Total:	6613
Timezone:	ICT
Utc Offset:	+7
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Blank Name:	TIS 1099

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

History & toponymy

The name Ban Bat means "alms bowl community".

Locals believe that their ancestors immigrated from Ayutthaya after its fall in 1767. In 1782, Phyra 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.^{[3] [4]}

Ban Bat was also home to the house and band of Luang Pradit Pairoh, who was regarded as a master of traditional Thai music.^[5]

Places

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

Other points of interest include the following:

• Wat Saket and Golden Mount
• Maen Si Intersection
• Sommot Amon Mak Bridge
• Ban Dokmai Palace of Prince Purachatra Jayakara^[6]
• Khlong Thom

Moreover, the area around Wat Saket is also a large source of the shops that line a comprehensive range of wood products and handicraft. Currently, some of them have moved to settle in Bang Pho, Bang Sue District.^[7]

External links

• Web site: ข้อมูลแขวงบ้านบาตร เขตป้อมปราบศัตรูพ่าย กรุงเทพมหานคร. thai. ThaiTambon.

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/upload/user/00000130/BMA_STATISTICS%202563/ebook%2063.pdf. th:สถิติกรุงเทพมหานครประจำปี 2563. Bangkok Statistics 2020. Administrative Strategy Division, Strategy and Evaluation Department, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration . 2021 . 27 November 2021. th.
2. Web site: ประชากรกรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล พ.ศ. 2549. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. thai. 14 April 2018. 24 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200624030628/http://cpd.bangkok.go.th:90/web2/strategy/reportstudy50/population/50-1%20bma%26vicinitypop2549.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: "บ้านบาตร – บ้านดอกไม้" ตามรอยแหล่งวัสดุและภูมิปัญญาชุมชนในเขตเมืองเก่า. 4 June 2009. อาศิรา. พนาราม. thai. TCDC. 14 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180414235315/https://www.tcdcconnect.com/content/4110/. 14 April 2018. dead.
4. Web site: Ban Bat—The Last Buddhist Monk Alms Bowl Makers of Thailand. Nathan Hutchinson, Photographer . 28 August 2016 . 17 August 2019.
5. Web site: บาตรบุ-ที่บ้านบาตร-แถวบ้านนายศร-ศิลปบรรเลง. Thai. MUSEUM THAILAND.
6. Web site: วังบ้านดอกไม้. 24 September 2015. Sazabiz . ThaiHRhub. thai.
7. Web site: ผู้คนค้าขาย แผ่นไม้เล่าเรื่อง : ประชานฤมิตร ถนนสายไม้แห่งบางโพ. thai. Sarakadee. 2021-05-03. 2021-09-16. Merchants planks tell stories : Prachanarumit wooden street of Bang Pho. Chayaphon. Malaniyom.