Thai Festival

By Guide Eng

Thai festival by month:

Every month Thailand has some celebration, play or festival. They are related to religion, culture, tradition or minority ritual. Knowing about these festivals in advance will help you plan your trip well, as you might want to join or avoid them. Below is a list of festivals given in the order of the month in which they occur:

1. January : New Year and Children Day

2. February : Chinese New Year

3. March : Makabucha

4. April : Songkran or Water Festival

5. May : Plowing Ceremony, Royal

6. June : Visakabucha

7. July : Arsarahabucha and start of Buddhist Rain Retreat

8. August : Queen's birthday or Mother's Day

9. September : Moon Festival

10. October : End of Buddhist Rain Retreat and Kathin Festival, Kin Jay

11. November : Loy Krathong Festival, Rolling Boat Competition

12. December : King's birthday or Father's Day

Recommend fun festivals according to season

There are three seasons in Thailand, and the festivals celebrated during each season reflect how the Thai people play with the weather to create tradition and ritual.

Thai Festival in Summer: You should not miss Songkran festival. It is a well known fun festival, which is all about playing with water. Anyone who gets out of the house during April 15-17 is going to get wet. The celebration is fun. Many children, teenagers and young adults love this festival. They will fill buckets with water and wait for someone to pass by so that they can throw water at that person and get each other wet.

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Thai Festival in Monsoon : At the middle of the monsoon is the plant season. During that time, the Buddhist monk will not go out to stay overnight in other temples. The celebration before the Buddhist Rain Retreat is Candle Festival. The candles will be made for decorative purpose in ornate design, which you cannot see anywhere else in the world.

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Thai Festival in Winter : When monsoon ends and winter begins, the biggest festival that the Thai people celebrate is called Loy Krathong. At Loy Krathong, the Thai people float a small container made up of banana leaves and decorated with flower into a pond, or river at night time. It is very beautiful to watch and will surely make your night memorable!

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