Loy Krathong
Crowds Turn Out to Enjoy Pattaya’s Loy Krathong FestivitiesVisith Pinpawong 23.11.2011 | Renewed possibility of political demonstrations and road closures in and around Chiang Mai and BangkokUS State Department Offcials US Embassy, Bangkok 17.11.2010 |
Political unrest in Thailand expected November 19-22. Use caution because of the possibility of political demonstrations and road closures in and around Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Pattaya, due to the strong local government is very unlikely to experience any unrest and is safe to visit during the Loy Krathong Festival. | |
‘Loy Kom,’ floating of lanterns, prohibited at Loy Krathong Festival in Laemchabang ProvinceSiripun Sinbuathong 06.11.2009 | Loy Krathong in PattayaVisith Pinpawong 06.11.2009 |
On November 2, Pattaya City hosted a traditional "Loy Krathong Festival". Thais and foreigners, alike, were delighted by the colors and lights that were an essential ingredient of the festival. | |
Pattaya Floating Market Celebrates First Anniversary with Loy Kratong FestivalStaff Reporter 23.10.2009 | Pattaya and TAT to host the Great Loy Krathong FestivalVisith Pinpawong 23.10.2009 |
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden to host Traditional Loy Krathong FestivalWoraphan Akaboot 20.10.2009 | Loy Krathong Festival 20.10.2009 |
Loy Krathong is probably the most picturesque and beautiful of Thailand’s celebrations. Pattaya’s Nong Nooch Tropical Garden will present a traditional Thai Loy Krathong festival. The Loy Krathong tradition originated hundreds of years ago to pay respect to the river, which Thais believe is one of their most important natural resources. Loy means to float, while Krathong is a lotus shaped receptacle, which one floats on the water. | |
Pattaya’s Loy Krathong Beauty Contest 2009 20.10.2009 | Pattaya’s Loi Krathong’s Beauty Contest 2009Visith Pinpawong 05.10.2009 |
One of Thailand’s most celebrated and important Buddhist religious ceremonies is Loi Kra Thong - a ceremony for paying respect to Thailand’s rivers by creating beautifully decorated banana-leaf cups to flow out into the river on the full moon night of the 12th lunar month. The Loi Krathong festival this year will fall on November 2 | |
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