All night, each night between 15 – 23 October 2010, a spectacular procession of illuminated boats can be seen on the Mekhong River in extreme North Eastern Thailand, at the border point with Laos. In addition to the water-borne spectacle, locals pay their respects to the Lord Buddha on the river bank with intricately decorated [...]
Water buffalo are used for ploughing fields in Thailand, but at the Chon Buri Buffalo Races they are put to a very different use. Side events include a buffalo fancy dress contest, a healthy buffalo contest, and the Miss Farmer Pageant. The annual Buffalo Race, held around the 11th lunar month -normally in October, is [...]
Warning: Some photos in this article may be disturbing to some readers. Thetsakan Kin Che or Tesagan Gin Je known in English as the Vegetarian Festival, is a Chinese Religious festival held annually during the 1st–9th days, 9th Chinese lunar month. Normally, but not always, this coincides with the Sart Thai festival, though in 2010 [...]
With the three-month Buddhist Lent two-thirds over, the temples in Thailand’s southern province of Phattalung begin preparing for the annual phon drum contest by refitting existing drums or making new ones. In 2010, this week-long festival takes place between the 4th and 10th October, The monks, confined to their temples during the Buddhist Lent Rains [...]
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 [...]
