Festivals in Thailand

Songkran is the most famous festival of Thailand. This is the biggest, longest and most awesome festival that happens in Thailand, maybe it is the most fun and the craziest festival that happens in the world. Songkran is actually a three-day long water fight that happens throughout the entire country. You would see people getting crazy and enjoying while having a lot of fun during this festival. There would also be some amazing music, some wild dancing, some awesome drinks and also a lot of people having the time of their life in Thailand during this festival. You will also see people drenched from head to toe during this festival. You will also see water guns, hose pipes, buckets while being there, you would see a lot of fun during the Songkran celebrations in Thailand.

You should also not miss out on the amazing Ghost festival in Thailand, you will notice how this festival combines all the religious traditions, some local handicrafts and also some crazy vibes so that you can enjoy some great party scenes while being in Thailand. This is actually a three day long festival that happens in Thailand that is extremely famous for the colourful masks that thousands of locals. You would also see many people with stretched faces and phallic noses and you would also see people wearing dark and gaudy colours. This festival is also a mixture of animist and Buddhist beliefs. This festival recreates the legend of when a party was thrown that was so fun and everyone wanted to attend this party be it the living people or dead. This festival happens on the weekend of the 6th full moon of the lunar calendar. You will notice the main parade on the Friday in which people dress up as a ghost optional and there are also pageants and music on the Saturday and you will also notice the Buddhist ceremonies on the Sunday.

Chiang Mai’s lantern festival is a very religious festival that happens every November and this festival is totally a sight to fall in love with. Also on the banks of the Peng River, you will see thousands of paper lanterns being released into the sky that float away on the evening breeze. This is one such amazing festival that you would surely be enchanted by. You can also take some amazing photographs while being here. You can click a lot of pictures as well during this festival. Also there are many parades, religious ceremonies, fireworks and people also release paper floats in the river. This is one amazing festival you would surely love.

You should also visit the amazing Rocket festival that happens in the Yasothorn province. You will witness the farming communities of Issan ( celebrating this festival with a lot of rocket festivals are important events attended by entire villages as they’re considered the last big ‘knees-up’ before the planting season begins. The rockets are meant to encourage the gods to send plentiful rains to help the precious rice crops grow, with teams building ever more elaborate rockets. They are paraded around on the first day of the festival before being launched high into the air throughout the weekend. Supposedly, huge sums are gambled on who can build the best rocket, but considering gambling is illegal in Thailand we can’t confirm this. If any rocket fails to launch, the builders of said rocket are playfully thrown into a mud bath as punishment. The main rocket festival is in Yasothon Province, although many districts hold their own smaller rocket festivals. Live folk music, fastidious drinking of local rice wine, beauty pageants and a party atmosphere accompanies every rocket festival

You can enjoy some great Buffalo racing while being in this amazing land of Thailand. You will enjoy some great celebrations that you can enjoy while being in Thailand. You can enjoy some great time that you can enjoy while being in this wonderful place. You will see some great time enjoying some great time while being here in this festival. You will see the race course that is around 100 metres long, and this celebration that you can witness while being in Chonburi City hall. You will see some great crowds that you will see cheering for the race course and cheering the jockeys, you will see the jockeys riding bareback on their trusty beasts. It is a great races and enjoy being there, you can enjoy some great time being there. This race also has a lot of buffalo beauty contest, buffalo decorations and some Thai demonstrations. You will also see a fair that is smaller children, and also many amazing fete games – you can also enjoy some greasy pole game, you will also see a game in which participants climb up the pole to win 500 baht

Lopburi is one great place that is just 150 km away from Bangkok, this place is also famous for its monkeys that you can witness being there. It is a really famous tourist activity in which you feed the monkeys and usually this festival happens in November. You can buy a he banquet of sunflower seeds and feed the monkeys. You will see these monkeys being fed with fruits and other treats as well. You will see 4 tonnes of fruits, vegetables and other treats especially laid out for these monkeys making it a party like scenario for the monkeys, it would be a great experience for you and your kids to see these monkeys being fed, you should surely visit Thailand during this festival but make sure that you take care of your valuables as these moneys are infamous for taking them away.

The Phuket’s Vegetarian Festival is famous among the travelers that can be performed by the locals. You would also enjoy some great extreme acts that is performed by locals. You will also see somebody mortification there through swords and spiked objects that cut through the participants’ cheeks and also through the other body parts, you will also find the participants walking over hot coals. You will also be astonished by the belief of people here that Chinese gods will protect you from all the harm if you perform some painful acts to show your love and devotion to the gods, you will also see many Chinese temples in Phuket that you can visit while being there. This is a really famous annual festival that happens every October however if you are not someone who would appreciate the sight of blood, then you should not visit during this festival.

You should also not miss out on the amazing Wonder fruit music and arts festival in Pattaya that happens every December. It is a great art and music festival that you can enjoy, you will find many European and American artists playing there. You will also find many local bands there. You can also find many yoga, meditation, arts and pop up restaurants there in Pattaya and savour some great food being there.

You should also attend the amazing Chinese New Year in Bangkok that brings the most amazing times in Bangkok. The celebrations are done primarily in Yaowaraj, which is like the Chinatown of Bangkok and brings in some crazy and awesome times. You will surely ring in some great times in the narrow and really busy lanes in Chinatown where you can look for some fun experiences. You would see the entire place grooving in celebration mood. You would see a lot of worshippers here in Bangkok having a great the lanes along with some firecrackers, some dragon dancers and a lot of Chinese families who would gather and make this day worth it. You should surely attend this festival in Thailand. You can have a great Thailand family tour and enjoy this wonderful place.

Another beautiful festival that you need to look out for while being in Thailand is the candle festival that is celebrated every year in Thailand. This festival happens in the big cities and is a nice mix of art, culture and a lot of celebrations that happen in Thailand every year. You would see wax scriptures here that are crafted by the team of artists that are experts in mixing traditional art with the modern art. You would see the wax works being paraded here on the floats along with a lot of dancers as well as folk music. This is a great religious festival that happens every year in Thailand. This is a religious Buddhist festival that happens on a sacred Buddhist holiday and in this festival, the followers actually donate things to the monks and the entire city stays in a party mood throughout. And yes, during the Buddhist holidays, no alcohol is allowed to be sold in Thailand, however, you can still consume alcohol during this time. You can stock up your alcohol beforehand but be discreet about it out of respect.

Thus, these are the amazing festivals that you can enjoy while being in the wonderful land of Thailand. You would surely have a great time in this wonderful land of culture and traditions, Thailand is surely a great place to have a great time being in this wonderful place enjoying the diversity of this wonderful place.