Festival

สมาชิกกลุ่ม 1 . กันตภณ โพยมยล เลขที่ 2 2 . กุลณสร แปนตระกูล เลขที่ 3 3 . คีตกานท์ หม่นมั่น เลขที่ 5 4 . โชคดี กิ่งนอก เลขที่ 6 5 . นิปุณ สิงหาศรี เลขที่ 12 6 . พชร ศรีสุทัศน์ เลขที่ 14

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S MOST FAMOUS FESTIVAL. NT ON THE BUDDHIST R SPLASHING’ FESTIVAL F THE TRADITIONAL THAI ONGKRAN COMES FROM A EANING ‘PASSING’ OR UGH GETTING WELL AND MAKES THIS FESTIVAL SO OUS. T OF SONGKRAN, ESPECIALLY IN MORE ING OF WATER HAS BECOME A HUGE IONS. IF YOU’RE VISITING THAILAND O GET WELL AND TRULY SPLASHED! ND THROWING BUCKETS OF WATER, GENERALLY SOAKING ANYONE IN THE Y IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF EOPLE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THEIR OLDER RELATIVES. BUDDHISTS ALSO KRAN WHERE WATER IS POURED ON DS OF BUDDHIST MONKS AS A MARK ESPECT. CELEBRATED FROM APRIL 13 TO 15

Loy Krathong Day is one of the most popular celebrated annually on the Full-Moon Day o Month. It takes place at a time when the we rainy season is over and there is a high wat country The word “Loy” m shaped vessel made the floating of an krathongs are m contains a candle

r festivals of Thailand of the Twelfth Lunar eather is fine as the ter level all over the means “to float”, and “Krathong” means lotus- e of banana leaves. Loy Krathong is, therefore n illuminated leaf bowl. But nowadays some made of coloured paper. A krathong usually e, three joss sticks, some flowers and coins

Bun Bang Rocket festival or “Boon Ba year, at the beginning of the ra The festival is popularly cele Ratchathani. The celebration is a The festival itself o Vassakan was known for his fascin rice cultivation, the farmers se The f Under the guidance of Buddhist m platforms and other decorations In the afternoon of the festival Villagers dressed in colourful tra Before ignition of the rockets, The climax of the festival is launching platforms. Each liftof the greatest height is the winne their way home while the owne into the mud. The celebration happiness together before he

g Fai Festival ang Fai” in Thai is usually held in the second week of May of each ainy season. The farmers are ready to cultivate their paddy fields. ebrated in the northeastern provinces of Yasothorn and Ubon an entreaty to the rain god for plentiful rains during the coming rice planting season. owes its beginning to a legend that a rain god named nation of being worshipped with fire. To receive plentiful rains for end the home-made rockets to the heaven where the god resided. festival has been carried out till days. monks, it takes the villagers weeks to make the rockets, launching s. An average rocket is some nine metres in length and carries 20- 25 kilogrammes of gunpowder. l day, rockets are carried in the procession to the launching site. aditional costumes attract the eyes of the onlookers, who line up along the procession route. there will be more singing and dancing to celebrate the festival. the ignition time. One by one the rockets are fired from the ff is greeted by cheers and noisy music. The rocket that reaches er and the owner of this rocket will dance and urge for rewards on ers of the rockets, that exploded or failed to fly, will be thrown n is communal affair of the villagers who come to share joy and eading to the paddy fields where hard work is waiting for them.



The end of the Day, is an impor of the 3-month the day that th pray on this da 1st Buddhist Le of the 11th m Buddhist Lent, 3 After the e completed the some monks wil 9-month Buddhi Dharma. And returning

Buddhist Lent, also known as Maha Pavarana rtant day in Thai-Lao Buddhism. It was the end h rainy season of Theravada monks. Which is he monks will perform Sangha Kamma, that is, ay. The end of the Buddhist Lent (End of the ent) falls on the 15th day of the waxing moon month (around October) after the end of the 3 months according to the Thai lunar calendar. end of the rainy season, monks who have e rainy season will receive many merits. And ll take the opportunity during the end of the ist Lent to go on a pilgrimage to practice the please Buddhists at various places before g to the Buddhist Lent again next year.