Saturday, November 20, 2010

Loy Krathong Festival & Parade, Chiang Mai


Loy Krathong, the festival of light, is the biggest and most colorful event in Thailand and especially where we are staying in Chiang Mai. It is held on the night of the full moon of the 12th lunar month.


We sent the flower-laden and candle-lit vessel with joss sticks into the Ping River and expressed our heartfelt wishes.





Sending a lantern up into the night sky that represents our worries floating away.




The sky was lite with the ascending lanterns.


On our way home we luckily walked into a beautiful parade.