Date : October 20, 2010 - October 26, 2010
(12.00 - 12.00)
Place : Nong Khai
During the end of Buddhist Lent festival every year. People all over the region will travel to the Nong Khai province to experience a natural phenomenon that "Bang Fai Phaya Nak". Light pink ball up from the Mekong River have traditionally not no smoke and the sound does not smell like fireworks or fireworks. This phenomenon will occur only once a year. In the lunar night 11 months by 15 this year falls on Saturday, October 23, 2553.
On the ceremony of sacrifice to the ancient serpent who inherited the City Pillar at the mouth of Huai Luang, Phon Phisai. In Nong Khai Municipality held the events of interest. Whether it is street food, The giant Krathong, The long Boat Race Festival King's Cup, Display lighting - open the legendary voice, "Bang Fai Phaya Nak" bee traditional castle contest, The steamer floating serpent worship, Loy Krathong Sai and Theworohana alms offering ceremony.
For more information, please contact the TAT Udon or call 0 4232 5406-7, E-mail: tatudon@tat.or.th. Service center or travel information, Nong Khai Telephone 0 4242 1326, 0 4241 1120, Office hours every day.
Yasothon Bun Bangfai Rocket Festival
Yasothon Bun Bangfai Rocket FestivalDate : 5 - 9 May 2010
Place : Phaya Thaen Park, Mueang District, Yasothon
The underlying science behind the famous festival of rocket (the Bun Bang Fai), scheduled for 5 to 9 May, in the northeast town of Yasothon Province, is not to be found in a chemistry laboratory.
While the rockets owners pack as much as 25 k.g. of black powder into plastic or bamboo pipes to give their homemade missiles take off, the blueprints for this exceptionally noisy festival are traced in the mystical skies ruled by gods. Approaching rain clouds signal the start of the rice planting season in Thailand, but according to northeastern folklore the first raindrops fall only when the gods are in the mood for love. They need encouragement hence the importance of the Bun Bang Fai, or rocket festival, to stir the mythical community, resident in the heavens, to bless earth with fertility and rain.
LOI KRATHONG – FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS & Illuminated Boats Procession
Date : 21/11/2007 To 24/11/2007
Loi Krathong Highlights and Event venues
Place : Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Tak, Sukhothai, Chiang Mai
November 21-24, 2007 Nationwide
Loi Krathong Highlights and Event venues
As the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (usually in mid-November) lights up the night sky, throughout the Thai kingdom, hundreds of thousands of ornately-decorated krathong or traditional banana leaf floats are set adrift in rivers and waterways in a spell-binding ritual called "Loi Krathong" - the "festival of lights". Loi Krathong festival is one of the Kingdom's oldest and best-preserved traditions.
The Loi Krathong tradition we know of today has evolved from the royal rituals of the early Rattanakosin period in which several types of lanterns were set afloat in the Chao Phraya River and its waterways.
Surin Elephant Round Up
Date : 17/11/2007 To 18/11/2007
Organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand since 1960, the Surin ElephantRound Up is a popular festival with international visitors. More than 300elephants take part in the program, which includes a parade and welcomingceremony, a re-enactment of the "Capture of Wild Elephants," and an elephantbanquet, as well as regional cultural presentations and folk performanceshighlighting the traditions of Surin.
The Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village in Surin Province is the home of the Kui, who,for centuries, have tended to and trained elephants for use throughoutThailand. The majority of elephant owners and mahouts in Thailand today aredescendants of this "Kui" tribe (or "Suay" in Thai). In Thailand, elephants aretreated as part of the 'family' and the everyday life of the Thai elephant andits keeper is the central theme of this world-famous festival.
More Information :
Place : Surin Province, Thailand.
Organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand since 1960, the Surin ElephantRound Up is a popular festival with international visitors. More than 300elephants take part in the program, which includes a parade and welcomingceremony, a re-enactment of the "Capture of Wild Elephants," and an elephantbanquet, as well as regional cultural presentations and folk performanceshighlighting the traditions of Surin.
The Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village in Surin Province is the home of the Kui, who,for centuries, have tended to and trained elephants for use throughoutThailand. The majority of elephant owners and mahouts in Thailand today aredescendants of this "Kui" tribe (or "Suay" in Thai). In Thailand, elephants aretreated as part of the 'family' and the everyday life of the Thai elephant andits keeper is the central theme of this world-famous festival.
More Information :
http://www.tatnews.org/events/events/2007/nov/3205.asp
ILLUMINATED BOAT PROCESSION
Date : 21/10/2007 - 27/10/2007
Province : Nakhon Phanom
Activities Type : Festival
Against the darkness of the moonlit night, the sight of flickering light from candles and lanterns on magnificent ‘fire boats’ drifting downstream on the Mekong River, is both mesmerising and awe-inspiring. It is this enchanting spectacle that has given the water-borne procession its very name — ‘Lai Reua Fai', which literally means to set afloat a ‘fire boat’.
The illuminated boat procession is celebrated in I-San, the northeastern region of Thailand on the 15th day of the waxing moon to the first day of the waning moon in the 11th lunar month of the Buddhist calendar, usually a month earlier than the corresponding month in the conventional calendar. This dazzling event marks the end of the Buddhist Lent or ‘Ok pansa’ and is accompanied by a colourful street procession and cultural performances which add to the highlights of the event which is held annually.
Province : Nakhon Phanom
Activities Type : Festival
As night falls, majestic ‘fire boats’, elaborately-adorned with flowers, incense sticks, candles and lanterns and each bearing an assortment of ritual offerings, are set alight and floated down the Mekong River.
Against the darkness of the moonlit night, the sight of flickering light from candles and lanterns on magnificent ‘fire boats’ drifting downstream on the Mekong River, is both mesmerising and awe-inspiring. It is this enchanting spectacle that has given the water-borne procession its very name — ‘Lai Reua Fai', which literally means to set afloat a ‘fire boat’.
The illuminated boat procession is celebrated in I-San, the northeastern region of Thailand on the 15th day of the waxing moon to the first day of the waning moon in the 11th lunar month of the Buddhist calendar, usually a month earlier than the corresponding month in the conventional calendar. This dazzling event marks the end of the Buddhist Lent or ‘Ok pansa’ and is accompanied by a colourful street procession and cultural performances which add to the highlights of the event which is held annually.
Royal Barge Procession
Date : 25/10/2007 To 05/11/2007
Place : Bangkok, Thailand.
The breathtaking Royal Barge Procession provides a majestic panorama, as a fleet of 52 barges solemnly glides down the Chao Phraya River. Each barge is manned by fifty oarsmen who raise their silver and gold paddles in unison at the end of each stroke. Before the main event on November 5, 2007, there will also be three rehearsals on October 26, October 29 and November 2nd.
To reserve the seat, please contact TAT head quarter (662) 2505500#2115.
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