Chiang Mai is famous for its large, colorful, extravagant feasts. They can last for several days and draw huge crowds from all over Thailand and abroad. Hotels fill to capacity slowed traffic on the crawl, tickets to Chiang Mai to train and sell of weeks in advance. Thousands of people in the decoration of the city are involved from making, thus creating competitions, float parades and fun.
The season starts in Novemberwith the Loi Krathong Festival, a three-day event, which has its roots in money to said water spirits floating in the river shortly. The leaves are sewn into small floating, flowers, incense and candles form. Before he placed in water, pray, and wants to make people by the spirits of the water should be granted.
Another part of the festival is the release of balloons fire. Again, people want to make before the ball does notin the night sky, filled with hundreds and thousands of lights rising. Sometimes the wind plays with the chaos lighted sky lanterns and each year some of the buildings burning fire, if it can not get up the balloon.
Big fireworks paint the sky at night with colored lights. In addition, tens of thousands of people shooting fireworks in all directions, the small rockets and firecrackers means constantly whizzing through your face. Especially children are involved happy, andAccidents are inevitable.
During the day there are competitions in the balloon. Teams sew giant balloons and send them to heaven. Many of them about fireworks, as they are on the rise. In this exciting activity is the deafening sound of the announcer, never cease to speak for a moment and send their comments blaring through giant speakers. If you say to yourself about things running music explosion of the speaker towers never returned to full volume onlyensure that there is never a quiet moment.
The Ping River in Chiang Mai has its share of fun activities during the festival. There are races tube stages with artistic performances, gliding, sailing, dinner party. After sunset, the river of thousands of small floats with candles and incense is burned distribute lit. Sellers and the line of spectators on the banks of the river by the thousands to watch, profit, and participation in all events.
There is also an unusualDiving competition. There once was a war between Thailand and Burma. It was decided that the result would be determined by divers in the water will remain for as long as possible. If the Thais would have won, the Burmese army had to leave. Thai divers themselves tied to a rock at the bottom of the river, and sacrificed his life for his country. It was the winner in what is under water and remained firmly of the Burmese left. This event reminded during the Loi Krathong festival by diverscan compete, how long under water. This year the winner was able to hold their breath for more than three minutes.
Dancing and singing competitions are run instead of nicely dressed women on a huge stage. Thais love to sing and many of them are very talented and have beautiful voices. Many Thai women are naturally very pretty, with the expression of their traditional dances that are beautiful, sweet and mild.
The biggest event of the evening is a parade of well-designed and decorated floats, all with different themes. Besides the spectacular parade of floats traditional dancers, drummers, martial artists, fire dancers are dressed, and groups representing different aspects of life in Thailand. The train takes several hours through the heart of Chiang Mai when burning balloons light up the sky, fireworks, crackle and countless messages explosion speakers and music, all in a symphony of sounds,Color, excitement, extravagance and wonder.
Loi Krathong is one of the most colorful and spectacular events in Thailand. It is celebrated in other areas, but nothing comes close to 's in Chiang Mai. This festival alone is worth a visit to Thailand.
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