{"id":1228,"date":"2015-11-01T01:30:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T01:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2015-11-01T01:33:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T01:33:54","slug":"the-illuminated-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/?p=1228","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminated Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illuminated Boat Procession in Nakhon Phanom 20-28 October 2015 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_175831.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_175831.jpg\" alt=\"20151027_175831\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/20151027_1938281.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/20151027_1938281.jpg\" alt=\"20151027_193828\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>in Thailand Festival and Event by travel<br \/>\nThe Illuminated Boat Procession in Nakhon Phanom is on At Along the Makong River,Suntborn Vichit Rd. And Nakhon Phanom Provincial Hall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/20151027_184214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/20151027_184214.jpg\" alt=\"20151027_184214\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1231\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joiy famush highlights of the amazing festival of Nakhon Phanom \u201cThe Illuminated Boat Procession\u201d<br \/>\nOr \u201cFestival of Fire Boat\u201d A Wonderful night with Illuminated Boat Procession and exciting fireworks show on Meakong,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_191611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_191611.jpg\" alt=\"20151027_191611\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The magnificent sound and light shows,The traditional performance,Experience and excitement of long boat races on Maekong river,Sales of local products and foods ,enjoy the various forms of entertainment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_193935.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_193935.jpg\" alt=\"20151027_193935\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The illuminated boat procession or \u2018Lai Ruea Fai\u2019 event is a tradition of the Northeastern people that has been practiced for centuries to mark the end of Buddhist Lent. Legend has it that the Lord Buddha spent the entire period of Buddhist Lent in Heaven and returned to Earth at the end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_191611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_191611.jpg\" alt=\"20151027_191611\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> To pay respect and welcome the Lord Buddha, Ruea Fai or fire boats decorated with flowers, incense sticks, candles,and lanterns are launched on the Mekong River in the evening. Originally,the boats were made of bamboo or banana tree <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_175208.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151027_175208.jpg\" alt=\"20151027_175208\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tourist Information Center<br \/>\nTAT Nakhon Phanom<br \/>\n184\/1 Suntornvijit Road.<br \/>\nTambon Nai Mueang,<br \/>\nAmphoe Mueang,<br \/>\nNakhon Phanom 48000<br \/>\nTel 0 4251 3490-1<br \/>\nFax 0 4251 3492 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illuminated Boat Procession in Nakhon Phanom 20-28 October 2015 in Thailand Festival and Event by travel The Illuminated Boat Procession in Nakhon Phanom is on At Along the Makong River,Suntborn Vichit Rd. And Nakhon Phanom Provincial Hall. Joiy famush highlights of the amazing festival of Nakhon Phanom \u201cThe Illuminated Boat Procession\u201d Or \u201cFestival of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thailand-festival-and-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1239,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions\/1239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}