The September 2010 10th Lunar Month New (Full) Moon falls on the 23rd of the calendar month and brings with it a bunch of Making Merit traditions, the largest of which is in the Southern Thailand province of Nakhon Si Thammarat. This traditional mid-year festival is now celebrated mostly in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon [...]
Eat your hearts out FarmVille fans, this is the real deal, full bunches of bananas with real rosettes at a real farmers’ market, and a real one-crop festival. Thailand’s Kamphaeng Phet Province holds their Sart Thai Buddhist Tradition and Banana Festival in September each year. In 2009 it was during the second week of the [...]
The Full Moon Party takes place at Haad Rin beach on Ko Phangan island, located in Changwat (province) Suratthani in the Southern Gulf of Thailand – see below for full 2010-11 schedule of dates. Phangan is one of the islands that make up the Samui Archipelago; a group of over 40 islands fashioned in granite [...]
Surfers will be out in force, from 22 – 26 September (this month), to catch the end-of-season breakers rolling into the island’s popular west coast bays. They will be supported by music lovers and beach-party enthusiasts making the most of five nights of over-night sand-dancing and performances by local musicians. Phuket Boardriders Club, a non-profit [...]
Thailand’s Chinese-descendant community annually celebrates one of the oldest of Chinese festivals on the 15th day of the 8th Chinese lunar month – in 2010 this is 22nd September (see below for dates during the following decade). The Mid-Autumn Festival, usually referred to as the Moon Festival, or Zhongqiu Festival, is also known in Chinese [...]
It was with great sadness that I learned today that “Granny Wattanatham” passed away last night in hospital, here in Nakhon Ratchasima. More correctly titled and named Pa Jaroon (Great Aunt or Elder Aunt Jaroon), she will always be affectionately remembered as Granny Wattanatham by the westerners who attended the wedding of Tan and myself [...]
The annual Ko-Lae Boat Races in Narathiwat Provinces Bang Nara River estuary take place late this month. The 2010 event is spread over the 21st to 25th September, of which 25th September is a fixed date by Royal Accord. These races, held at the mouth of the Bang Nara River in front of the Narathiwat [...]
Urged on by cheering crowds, a day at the any of Thailand’s long-boat races is a colourful spectacle to watch, but Ayutthaya is THE event to attend. The event is now held annually at the Bang Sai Royal Folk Arts and Crafts Centre, in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, a few kilometres south of the [...]
