Loy krathong-senac

ลอยกระทงLOYKRATHONG

IT’S A FESTIVAL
CELEBRATED
ANNUALLY

IT COMES FROM THE
TRADITION OF
MAKING KRATHONG,
WHICH ARE THEN
FLOATED ON A RIVER

IT TAKES PLACE ON THE EVENING OF
THE FULL MOON OF THE 12TH MONTH
IN THE TRADITIONAL THAI LUNAR
CALENDAR

THE DATE OF THE
FESTIVAL CHANGES
EVERY YEAR

IN THE WESTERN CALENDAR
THIS USUALLY FALLS IN THE
MONTH OF NOVEMBER

THE TRADITIONAL
KRATHONG ARE MADE
FROM A SLICE OF THE
TRUNK OF A BANANA TREE
OR A SPIDER LILY PLANT

MODERN KRATHONGS ARE
MORE OFTEN MADE OF A
KIND OF BREAD

IT WILL DISINTEGRATE
AFTER A FEW DAYS AND
CAN BE EATEN BY FISH

THE CANDLE
VENERATES
THE BUDDHA
WITH LIGHT

THE KRATHONG'S
FLOATING SYMBOLIZES
LETTING GO OF ALL
BAD FEELINGS.

YI PENG IS A FESTIVAL THAT
BAD VIBRATIONS ARE
LITERALLY SENT TO SKY

NOWADAYS, IT TAKES
PLACE ON THE SAME DATE
AS LOY KRATHONG, IN THE
NORTHERN THAI, IN LANNA
CITY

KHOM LOY ARE
MADE FROM A THIN
FABRIC, SUCH AS
RICE PAPER,
STRETCHED OVER A
WIRE FRAME, TO
WHICH A FUEL
CELL IS ATTACHED

SKY LANTERNS
ARE LAUNCHED
INTO THE AIR

THE KHOM LOI FLOATING
SYMBOLIZES LETTING GO
OF ALL BAD FEELINGS

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