What are the famous festivals in Thailand?

Songkran Festival in mid-April

In Thailand, as well as in communities from southern China], the Tai Lao in Laos [where the Tai originated from, and Buddhist communities in Cambodia and Myanmar, the Calendar New Year is the year that caused between 13 and on April 15. The Thai is a lunisolar calendar [both the rotation of the sun and the moon phase rotation] and the date was fixed on a solar calculation. The Wort''''Songkran is derived from the Indian sancriptWort''''Sankanta amendment or die''eine verschieben''bedeutet. The dates are arbitrary, but fixed originally moved with the movement of the sun during the vernal equinox. This happened as a result of Präzession''''und the slope of the land and the effect of its orbit. are changed in the past the dates, but now they are firmly independent of the original justification and what are the astrological calculations otherwise. From the natural point of view, the daily also the end of the dry seasonSeason.

Loy Krathong Festival

Loy Krathong Festival is celebrated in the month of November all. Thailand Loy Krathong celebrates the end of the rainy season, the full moon of the 12th lunar month Thai. Loy Krathong or Loi Krathong and float half or a series of SIVE than open hand. The point of the festival is to prepare and then float to the full moon, after a river stream or other water-water, prepared a sacrifice to be processed on the raftreleased and float on the water with him as a symbolic gesture release bad feelings, anger, stress and discomfort.

The festival has its beginning the process of Indianisation south-east Asia and an original Brahmanical festival from north India. Many Thais also accept natural forces as spirits or Götter''''und the float Krathong is symbolic gesture of the goddess of water, Phra Mae Khongkha. Thais announce the festival began in Thailand inSukhothai in the time of the Sukhothai Kingdom, but here then also Indian and Brahmanical powerful influence.

Sri bai

The Bai Sri is a blessing ceremony performed to confer happiness and prosperity to a person or entity. The ceremony is called the tone with a beautiful ornament khrueng Sri-bai, made of banana leaves folded developed. A container is beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and banana leaves, is often conveniently used in ceremonies. The popularForms of Bai Sri Sri offers are Bai and Bai Sri Yai Pak Cham.

Bai Sri Pak Cham is small and give the appearance of a bowl. Part of the banana trunk can be this type of Bai Sri, that is often used in a ceremony to worship deities and make them pay in a ceremony to honor teachers. Bai Sri Yai is in big events, like a royal ceremony used to strengthen the real khwan. According to ancient tradition, a nine-tier Bai Sri is for the king and queen, a seven-tierBai Sri for a prince or princess, a five-tier Bai Sri is for the royal guest with the status of a president, three-tier Bai Sri is for a minister or for use in the royal wedding of a grandson.

Bai Sri rituals are often performed in Chiang Mai. Thais preservation of this rite as a legacy for future generations. You will find different types of Bai Sri Pak Cham at Tom Lamyai flower market, Vichayanun RD, Chiang Mai.