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| Official name | วันสารทไทย (Wan Sat Thai) |
| Observed by | Thailand, especially in Southern Thailand |
| Type | Originally an animistic harvest festival, with later incorporation of Buddhist traditions |
| Observances | Traditional mid-year festival; merit-making for ancestors and deceased relatives |
| Date | New moon of the tenth Thai lunar month |
| Related to | Pchum Ben (in Cambodia) Boun Khao Padap Din (in Laos) Mataka dānēs (in Sri Lanka) Ghost Festival (in China) Tết Trung Nguyên (in Vietnam) Obon (in Japan) Baekjung (in Korea) |
Sat Thai (Thai: สารทไทย, pronounced [sàːt tʰāj]; also spelled Sart Thai) is a traditional Thai mid-year festival, held on the new moon at the end of the tenth lunar month. It has many features of animism, attributing souls or spirits to animals, plants and other entities.