Hà Nội Mới•11/01/2025Songkran Festival
The Songkran water festival, celebrating the traditional Thai New Year, takes place from April 13th to 15th every year. During this time, Thais visit temples to participate in the Buddha bathing ceremony, offer fruits and vegetarian food to the monks, release animals into the wild, and then wish their parents and grandparents long life. Finally, there is the custom of sprinkling fragrant water on each other as a blessing.
Loi Krathong Festival
Loi Krathong is Thailand's biggest festival, celebrated on the night of the full moon in the 12th month of the Thai calendar (November in the Gregorian calendar). During the festival, people release floating lanterns – krathong – on the water. This is how Thais express their reverence to the water goddess Phra Mae Khongkha.
Yi Peng Festival
Coinciding with the Loi Krathong festival is the Yi Peng festival of the Lanna people in northern Thailand, held from the 8th to the 11th. The "sacred place" of the Yi Peng festival is the ancient capital of Chiang Mai. On this occasion, people make lanterns from rice paper and bamboo frames, then light them and release them into the sky. The lanterns soaring high create a spectacular sight.
Pee Ta Khon Festival
The Pee Ta Khon Ghost Festival usually takes place in June or July and lasts for three days. During the festival, people take to the streets, parading in processions and wearing colorful masks made from coconut trunks, covered with thorny willow leaves and steamed sticky rice. The highlight of the festival is the "spirit summoning" ritual, where participants use drums and wooden mallets to call upon the spirits of their ancestors, creating a mystical atmosphere.
Khao Phansa Festival
Khao Phansa is a three-month festival, beginning in the eighth lunar month. During this festival, monks do not leave the temple. On the first day of Khao Phansa, Thais share a meal with their families, then dress in traditional clothing to visit the temple, pray for blessings, and offer robes to the monks. The following day is called Wan Nao (the day of preparation), considered the New Year's Eve of the Thai traditional festival.
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