Activities: Loy Krathong is the beautiful and renowned festival of light, when candles and incense offerings (Krathong) are floated down rivers and small hot air balloons (Khom Loy) are launched into the air. Not actually an official public holiday, but nevertheless a very busy period, especially in Chiang Mai, Ayutthaya and Sukhothai, where the celebrations take place over several days. Celebrations are now held throughout Thailand including Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya.
Activities: Water throwing festival to celebrate the Thai's New Year. Parades, beauty contests and cultural shows are schedule during these celebration.
Activities: Candlelight procession, Making merit, Keeping the Five Precepts.
Asanha Puja or Asana Bucha in Thailand is a Theravada Buddhist festival which typically takes place in July, on the full moon of the eighth lunar month. It commemorates the Buddha’s first sermon in the Deer Park in Benares and the founding of the Buddhist sangha. In Thailand, Asalha Puja is a government holiday and the sale of alcohol is prohibited.
