Thailand festivals

Annual Mekong River Anniversary 1 December - 31 January Drink in the crack-of-dawn ambiance afore anyone abroad in Thailand and watch the certificate-granting commemoration of the Photography Contents. Tour forth the Mekong River can be abiding at a reasonable cost. Check out the adventitious tourism exhibition. Bangkok All-embracing Blur Anniversary January 13-24, Bangkok Welcome to film-makers from all over the apple and all-embracing assuming artists, abnormally from Hollywood. At the Bangkok All-embracing Blur Anniversary not alone will above studios and absolute blur enterprises premiere their films for Asia, but they will additionally appear the exhibition of "Location Thailand and Blur Tech." Here, business and business opportunities anticipate those in the blur industry competition. Viewers will get pleasure an agitative exhibition on amazing affiche will be accessible forth with the seminars and conferences accompanying to motion pictures. Chao Pho - Chao Mae Pak Nam Pho Advance and Nakhon Sawan Chinese Festival 2-13 February, Pak Nam Pho Market, Nakhon Sawan Chao Pho - Chao Mae Pak Nam Pho (Pak Nam Pho God and Goddess) Advance and Anniversary accept been preserved by the babyish of Thai-Chinese birth in Nakhon Sawan. The anniversary has been in existance aback age-old times, and is captivated during the Chinese Fresh Year to accompany acceptable fortune. It appearance a advance of assorted alien floats such as those with acclaimed bobcat and dragon, a bandage of all-powerful beings, the acclaimed Chinese goddness Kuan Im forth the basic anchorage of the municipality. The anniversary has fabricated absolutely a name amid both Thais and foreigners. The night advance is on 11 February 2005 at 6:00pm, from the Nakhon Sawan Burghal Anteroom to Pak Nam Pho Market. The day advance is on 12 February 2005 at 7:00am forth SawanWitte Road and Matulee Road. Chiang Mai Anniversary Festival 4-6 February, Suan Buak Hat Park, Chiang Mai If you like admirable flowers and adorning plants, this is the anniversary for you. Acquaintance these admirable flower-decorated floats and the Anniversary Queen Adorableness Anniversary and anniversary alignment contest. Also, exhibits of advanced array of agronomical articles and booths from altered districts in Chiang Mai. Sea Turtle Conservation Festival 7-8 February, Thai Mueang Beach, Phang-nga Free the turtle fair is annually captivated at Thai Mueang Beach. During the anniversary babyish turtles aloft by the Fisheries Department are appear into the sea at Thai Mueang Beach. Hat Yai Chinese Fresh Year February 09-11, Sri Nakhon School in Hat Yai district, Songkhla Province The Thai/Chinese citizenry all over Thailand bless the Chinese Fresh Year with a anniversary of house-cleaning, bobcat dances and fireworks. The absorbing anniversary takes abode in the Chinese bedeviled arena of Songkhla which appearance a Chinese advance to honour the aureate dragon diety for his benevolence. Thailand China Boondocks Festival 9-10 February, China Boondocks on Yaowarat Road, Bangkok Come to bless the Chinese Fresh Year at the better China Boondocks in Thailand, Yaowarat Road acclaimed as the Aureate Road, the Land of Siamese Dragon. Watch the Adorableness Pageant. Treasure the Chinese cultural demonstrations and acquaintance choices of Chinese cuisine accessible at acclaimed Chinese restaurants as able-bodied as appearance appearance depicting age-old Chinese accoutrements in assorted regions. The goldsmith shops action you admirable souvenirs. Aftermost but not least, Chinese movies will absorb you. Chai Nat Straw Birds Festival 11-14 February, Chai Nat Birds Park, Chai Nat This anniversary is captivated annually during Chinese Fresh Year about the ages of February. The anniversary appearance a straw-bird exhibition, array and straw-bird authoritative contest. All challenge booty abode at the burghal hall. After the parade, anniversary straw-bird will be apparent at Chai Nat Bird Park breadth a exchange and fun fair's held. A array of appurtenances and articles are on auction at the fair. Bangkok China Boondocks Anniversary 9-10 February, Bangkok Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Thailand China's Friendship, let the "Golden" be an advantageous alpha of Fresh Year Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao Fair February 17 - 26, About Leng Chu Kiang Shrine, Amphoe Muang, Pattani Among the Chinese and families of Chinese descent, the Goddess Chao Mae Lim Kor Nieo is a awful revered. Featuring an aperture commemoration of wading through water, assorted activities such as a ablaze and complete show, Bobcat and Dragon Dances and Lim Kor Nieo Goddess Procession. Annual Kalasin Prae Wa Silk Anniversary 26 - 6 March, Rim Pao Hotel, Amphoe Muang Kalasin, Kalasin Province The intricate and colourful designs of Prae Wa - the 'queen of silks' makes this fabric, the best admirable and best acclaimed of all of the handicrafts of Kalasin Province. Pattaya Music Festival 18-20 March, The Road forth Pattaya Beach, Chon Buri Enjoy chargeless concerts of altered types of music: pop, rock, ball music, hip-hop, and applesauce over two canicule and two nights. This will be the greatest affair of arch Thai and across singers. Accept fun at the Pattaya Coffer by arena water-sports such as jet-skis and assistant boats. Phanom Rung Festival 2 - 4 April, Phanom Rung Actual Park, Buri Ram This afresh accustomed anniversary commemorates the apology of the absorbing Angkor-style temple complex. It involves a daytime advance to Khao Phanom Rung and an absorbing ablaze and complete presentation at night. Hat Yai Midnight Songkran Festival 6 - 13 April, Hat Yai, Songkhla Come and burst baptize to bless Songkran and watch a anniversary of adorableness queens. Witness the admirable procession. Get pleasure the blaze show, cultural achievement and all kinds of ball during the festival. Dok Khun Siang Khaen Fair and I-San Songkran Festival 8-15 Apri, Bueng Kaen Nakhon, Khon Kaen Experience the adorableness of Dok Khun in abounding bloom throughout this Northeastern province. Get pleasure baptize aqueous I-san appearance in the altered Sticky Rice Road ( Thanon Khao Niao ), as able-bodied as demonstrations and a challenge of adorable bounded cusine in the admirable burghal of Khon Kaen. Additionally see ox-cart advance busy with admirable flowers and a admirable flowers and a adorableness pageant. I-San Maha Songkran Festival 8-15 April, Forth Mekong River, Nong Khai You will see a admirable advance to srinkle baptize assimilate Luang Pho Phra Sai at Wat Pho Chai. Join in the baptize aqueous to bless the Fresh Year. Watch Thai acceptable sports. Appointment our admired aged bodies and ask for their blessing. There's additionally ability activities and all kinds of ball on action during the festival. Chiang Mai Songkran Festival 11 - 15 April, Throughout the burghal of Chiang Mai Partake in our Songkran Anniversary in Chiang Mai. In the morning, there will be arete authoritative and accepting absolution baptize from elders and watch the amazing Songkran procession, cultural shows and adorableness pageant. Ayutthaya Songkran Anniversary (Old Capital's Songkran) 13-15 April, About the breadth of Phra Si Suriyothai Chedi, Wihan Phra Mongkhonbophit, and Khun Phaen's Residence. In the morning, bodies will action aliment to monks and accomplish merit. Sprinkle baptize assimilate the aristocrat Buddha images for blessing. Watch the admirable advance of flower-arranged floats and a adorableness pageant. View the admirable Songkran advance and cultural performances. Baptize aqueous is additionally popular. Wan Lai blast Saen Songkran Festival 16 - 17 April, Blast Saen Beach, Chon Buri This is a attitude the bodies of Tambon Saensuk accept followed aback age-old times. In the past, the anniversary began with an allurement continued to monks to accord blessings to households on the Thai Fresh Year. Baptize aqueous is vital. You can additionally see folk amateur sports on this appropriate occasion. Phra Pradaeng Songkran Festival 18 - 20 April, Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan You will get pleasure the Songkran advance of adorning floats and a advance of birds and fish. View the excotic bold of "Saba" played by the Mon descendants. Additionally checks out the Adorableness Queen and Baron Pageant. Toh Moh Goddess Shrine Festival 18 - 28 April, Sungai Kolok, Narathivat Marvel at aperture Commemoration of Fire, the Toh Moh Goddess Shrine Procession, the Spiritual Ceremony, and the acclaimed Bobcat and Aureate Dragon Show. Trat Bake-apple and Aftermath Festival May - June, In advanced of Trat Burghal Hall, Trat Featuring the fruit-decorated float contest, agronomical aftermath contest, exhibition and administration of agronomical produce. Agriculture accompanying tours are accessible so you can get pleasure your appointment to altered orchards and booty a chaw of bounded fruits. Rocket Festival 13 - 15 May, Phaya Thaen Park, Yasothon This atomic anniversary is captivated during the additional weekend of May. The purpose is to advance accumulation accord and ask angelic alcohol for melancholia rain. The anniversary is now a civic accident with admirable rocket procession, bounded dances and the ablution of rockets at Phaya Thaen Park. Bun Luang and Phi Ta Khon Festival June, Wat Phonchai Loei Phi Ta Khon is allotment of the Bun Luang Festival, the better merit-making commemoration of Dan Sai District. Participants abrasion adorned and colourful apparition masks with actual pointy noses, bathrobe up in checky apparel with holes ample abundant to put their calmly through. The phi ta Khon is a affectation board apparition phalluses and accept cowbells angry to their waists. Folk dancers, men and buffalos are additionally a rocket procession, Phi Ta Khon ball competition, agronomical aftermath competition, exhibitions, and art and ability shows. The Siam Tulip Anniversary of Chaiyaphum 1 June - 31 July, Chaiyaphum Pa Hin Ngam Civic Park The altered bounded mural of Chaiyaphum Arena in the northeast of Thailand gives acceleration to a ambit of accustomed attractions of aberrant beauty. Of these, the fields of pinkish-purple Siam Tulip, or "Dok Krachiao", appear in to abounding bloom in the aboriginal allotment of the backing division from June to August. Read added Hua Hin Applesauce Festival June, Hua Hin beach, Prachuap Khiri Khan Relax at the Hua Hin Applesauce Anniversary breadth you will get pleasure both acclaimed Thai and all-embracing applesauce musicians, accustomed best favourites and abreast works. A accurate anniversary of applesauce in a admirable coffer atmosphere breadth you can additionally get pleasure awe-inspiring cuisine and refreshments accessible at altered stands forth the beach. If you get pleasure altered folk handicrafts for souvenirs, this will additionally be a adventitious for you to do your arcade for your admired ones. Sing Buri bake-apple anniversary 2-3 July, Sing Buri While we generally apprehend of bake-apple tours to Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat, hardly is Sing Buri, aloof 142 kilometres arctic of Bangkok, mentioned in the aforementioned vein. Its Tha Chang district, in fact, is abounding of bake-apple orchards and farms. From July 2-3 it is agreeable visitors to appear and sample santol, longan and added fruits that Tha Chang is acclaimed for. To accomplish the best of the trip, travellers should additionally appointment added places of interest, like the Wat Phikun Thong temple that houses the awful admired angel of Luang Pho Phae, Wat Phranon Chaksi in Muang commune acclaimed for its Reclining Buddha, and Wat Sawang Arom and its Nang Yai Museum. Read more Ubon Ratchathani Candle Advance Festival 20 - 21July, Ubon Ratchathani During the Buddhist Lent, the candle advance has continued been commonly organised so that the candles can be taken to the temples as offerings to monks calm with oil and bathing cloths. People adapt to accept the Royal lent Candle. They will additionally get pleasure others activities in this appropriate Festival, namely the Candle Adorableness Pageant, the Candle Antagonism and "Pha Khao Laeng" appearance dinner. In the Lent Candle Procession, there are a ample numbers of participants dressed in bounded costumes. forth the way, they accomplish alien bounded dances. Read added Kolae Baiter Antagonism and Narathiwat Product Festival 1 September, At Thaphrayasai Dam Side, Narathivat This anniversary fair shows off the aftermath and abyssal ability of Narathiwat. Vistors will get pleasure shopping, baiter contest and exhibitions of bounded articles from anniversary district. You can booty allotment in abounding anniversary such as Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Chawa's Dove Cooing Challenge and Kolae Baiter Antagonism King's Cup. The Bathing of Phra Buddha Mahadhamaracha Anniversary or Um Phra Dam Nam Ceremony 17 September, Wat Trai Phum, Phetchabun Phra Buddha Mahadhamaracha is a awful admired age-old Buddha angel of Phetchabun. The angel was begin in the Pasak River by agroup of farmers four hundred years ago and was taken to the housed in Wat Trai Phum. According to a legend, The Buddha angel has abolished alert from the temple and was after begin in the water. The rumor said that the Buddha angel had artlessly wandered out of the temple. So a ritual bathing commemoration is captivated and alpha at 1pm. The angel is agitated about boondocks and put beneath a covering in Wat Trai Phum. So buddhists can pay admiration to it and stick gold leaves on the image. In the evening, prayers are chanted. At night, there are assorted kinds of entertainment. The abutting morning, bodies accomplish arete by alms aliment and added neccessities to monks. After the ceremony, the baptize in the river is admired as sacred. As a result, bodies bathe in it or alcohol it afore the baiter antagonism begins. Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2 - 11 October, Assorted Chinese Shrines, Phuket If you are a veggie-lover, or aloof get pleasure seeing super-human displayes of adherence like ascent razor-ranged ladders, this anniversary is for you. It is believed this is the time to absolve apperception and body by abnegation from meat consumption. This anniversary is believed to be a attitude alien by Chinese immigrants. There will be a commemoration to acceptable the nine gods of Taoism. Symbolising the attendance of the deities throughout the festival, nine lanterns are to be lit up and placed aloft a Ko Teng pole. In the black of the sixth day of the waxing moon, there will be a religious and absurd displays of face-and-body-piercing. On the aftermost day, there is a admirable afterpiece advance of admirers through the streets, beside altars, and exploding fireworks. The Illuminated Baiter Advance Anniversary of Nakhon Phanom 13 - 19 October, On the coffer of the Mekong River, Nakhon Phanom Experience some acceptable baiter reces on the Mekong River, forth with ablaze and complete presentation and bounded cultural shows. A advanced alternative of bounded handicrafts and OTP articles are additionally on sale. Chak Phra & Thot Phapa Anniversary 14 - 22 October, On the Coffer of Si Tapi Dam and beside Wang Tai Hotel, Surat Thani A waterborne Buddhist commemoration is added by baiter contest and a array of entertainments. Sakon Nakhon Wax Castle Anniversary and Baiter Antagonism 15 - 18 October, Ming Mueang Park and Nonghan Area, Sakon Nakhon Featured in the accident are a amazing Wax Castle Procession, merit-making and alms rites at Phrathat Choengchum and Sakon's Aliment and Appurtenances Fair. Plus there's the world's alone Peacock Dancing Contest. Get bent up the Royal Cup Continued Baiter Race and breeze up bounded handicrafts and OTOP articles from several stores. The Buffalo Contest Festival 16 October,In Advanced of Burghal Hall, Chin Buri Buffalo contest with "jockeys" on thier back, and a humourous adorableness anniversary for these barbarian of barden are all allotment of the fun. Naga Fireball Abnormality and Illuminated Baiter Advance Festival 17 October, Phon Phi Sai District, Nong Khai Experience an amazing abnormality inthis northeastern province. Every year, on the night appearance the end of Buddhist Lent, Fireballs of assorted sizes shoot out of the Mekong River. Watch the ablaze and complete appearance to apprentice the fable about how baron of the sepents (Phaya Nak) Shoots fireballs for advantageous a accolade to the Aristocrat Buddha. Bua Tong Festival 1 November - 15 December, Doi Mae U-kho, Mae Hong Son Bua Tong are a tiny chicken agrarian sunflowers, which bloom over the Doi Mae U-kho abundance ambit forth the Thai-Burmese bound during November. The aureate carpeting blanketed with morning brume makes it an acclaimed vista. Sukhothai's Loi Krathong Festival 11 - 15 November, Sukhothai Historikal Park Come and get a fresh angle on this apple heritage. Sukhothai's Loi Krathong is captivated annually on the abounding moon night of the 12th lunar ages at the Sukhothai Actual Park. Activities during the anniversary accommodate krathong floating, a fireworks display, and bounded amateur and performances amidst the actual splendour of the 700-year-ancient temples of the Sukhothai Actual Park. Chiang Mai Yi Peng Festival 14 - 16 November, In advanced of Chiang Mai Burghal Office, Chiang Mai. Experience addition anatomy of Loi Krathong Festival, in Lanna-Thai style. This anniversary is a mesmerising sight, and a altered ritual of the arctic capital's Loi Krathong anniversary by the ablution of Lanna-style hot air balloons, so locals can float abroad all their woes. Tak's Loi Krathong Sai Festival 14 - 19 November, Tak This anniversary involves Royal Lamps, and a ablaze and complete presentation on a baptize screen. Added attractions accommodate a adorableness pageant, and a exchange of bounded handicrafts. Loi Krathong Tam Pathip Festival 15 - 16 November, Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre of H.M. Queen Sirikit of Thailand, Ayutthaya Our alluring Loi Krathong anniversary has continued been acclaimed all over the country and boring acquired into altered spectacles. Loi Krathong Tam Pathip Anniversary is addition appearance so absolutely altered that the acquaintance will not calmly be forgotten. Celebrated every 15th day of the waxing moon in the 12th lunar month, the Loi Krathong Tam Pathip Anniversary cemebrates the attitude handed bottomward from the antiquarian canicule back Ayutthaya was already the capital. Enjoy the festivities, which includes a adorableness anniversary (Nang Nopphamat), and procession, a thai aliment fair, fireworks, amphibian lanterns and continued baiter races. Krabi Boek FA Andaman Festival 15 - 17 November, Krabi An anniversary event, these anniversary inaugurate the province's day-tripper division with parades, bounded articles contests, sea-kayak antagonism and baiter races. Ayutthaya Apple Ancestry Festival 13 - 19 December 2005 - Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Actual Park, Ayutthaya Enjoy the ablaze and complete presentation. Appear to Wat Mahathat in Phra Nakhon Si Ayyuthaya Actual Park and be bugged by the "Suek Phromat" Episode of the Ramayana. You are arrive to appointment our age-old commonwealth and its hundreds of well-preserved ruins, booty a baiter and cruise forth the river to see the island burghal and its age-old way of life.