The Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival, an important Thai tradition, attracted more than 100.000 visitors this year. From July 17 to 23, tourists enjoyed beautiful candle parades, traditional performances and craft demonstrations. The festival, which has been running for 123 years, was a huge success, generating an estimated 800 million baht. Other provinces also celebrated similar events.
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Life as a single farang in the jungle (17): Loy Khratong
November 1 2017
Loy Krathong festival is one of the most important Thai festivals that has been ingrained in Thai culture for many centuries. Like many other Thai Buddhist rituals, Loy Krathong has little or nothing to do with Buddhism. Strictly speaking, it is animism, or rather, nature worship. There is therefore no “monk” involved in most places.
