It seems like if there is any event, festival or occasion in Thailand, this man (photo below) is there. I first spotted him patriotically waving his Thailand flag at the Pattaya Marathon in 2010. He made an appearance at the South East Asian Games, and most recently I saw him featured on a documentary about […]
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The Songkran Festival
The Thai New Year, ‘Songkran’ originally derived from Sanskrit, “astrological passage”, “move” or “change place”. It is the day the sun changes its position to Aries in the zodiac. The date of the Songkran festival also known as the ‘water festival’ used to be set by astrological calculation, but these days Songkran is a fixed […]
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Loy Krathong, (sometimes spelt ‘loi Krathong’, ‘Loi Grathong’ ‘Loy Kratong, ‘Loy Katong’ ) is an annual event in Thailand. Loy Krathong takes place on the full moon of the 12th lunar month of the Thai lunar calendar (November), it is one of the biggest participation events in Thailand, seconded only by the Thai Songkran Festival. […]
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