The rocket festival in Isan
Although the Thai does not really differ much from the Dutch, you sometimes experience something in Thailand that you will not easily experience in the Netherlands. Today: The Rocket Festival
Bun Bang Fai Festival in Yasothon
In this period of the year, the population in the northeast of Thailand (the Isan) starts to move en masse to give the "rain god" a clear message. And it's a noisy, screaming and terrifying message too, because it happens with hundreds of handmade rockets, the "bon fai", that are sent into the sky from the still arid rice fields.
Every May, about a month before rice planting begins, Thais on the empty plains of Isaan try to prove that building rockets doesn't require a degree in quantum physics.
Agenda: Bun Bangfai rocket festival on May 14 + 15
In Isan (Northeast Thailand) and in Laos, the beginning of the rainy season is celebrated in many villages with the traditional Rocket festival or the 'Bun Bang Fai'. In Thailand, the 'Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival' in Yasothon is the most famous festival.
Rocket Party in Yasothon
From May 8, Yasothon, the capital of Yasothon province, will again be in the spotlight for a few days. This is where the Bung Fai Festival takes place again.
