{"id":6235,"date":"2017-10-01T02:44:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T02:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifreedom.wwwss16.a2hosted.com\/travelthaiculture.com\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2017-11-02T03:47:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T03:47:52","slug":"loy-krathong-festival-chiang-mai-november-2-4-2017-chiang-mai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/?p=6235","title":{"rendered":"Loy Krathong Festival Chiang Mai : November 2 \u2013 4, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loy Krathong Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Dates: November 2 \u2013 4, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Location:<\/strong><\/span>Chiang Mai<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Activities:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Each year the\u00a0Loi Krathong\u00a0Festival features activities at various venues throughout the city such boat races on the Mae Ping River, Yipeng lantern procession and contest, Beauty contest, and Krathong parades and contests.\u00a0The dates of the\u00a0Loy Krathong\u00a0Festivalalways cause plenty of confusion. They change every year depending on the full moon. Loy Krathong is not an official public holiday in Thailand. The Loy Krathong Festival is one of the most interesting and fascinating festivals in Thailand.<\/h3>\n

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The history of Loy Krathong Festival is rather obscure. Some believe that Krathong was first created by Tao Sri Chulalak or Nang Noppamas in\u00a0Sukothai. Others overlook its origin yet focus on the purposes of the ritual: to pay respect to the Goddess of the Water showing their gratitude on their plentiful use of water and ask for forgiveness in the ensuing pollution. Floating the beautiful Krathong away is the key activity of the Loy Krathong Festival.<\/h3>\n

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It also refers to flying away misfortune and bad things in the past and asking for good luck in the future. Although it is not a national holiday, many activities other than floating Krathong, are conducted in this festival, such as, contests of Krathong-making and Noppamas beauty pageants, local games and performances and you can join this spectacular occasion at Chiang Mai where it is specifically called Yee Peng \u2013 floating of lanterns into the sky.<\/h3>\n

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Please note: below program is based on programs of the past years. A final program and more detailed will be published later in 2017. We will keep you updated.<\/h3>\n

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Thursday, November 2, 2017<\/span><\/h3>\n

1830\u00a0to 1900 \u2013 Opening Ceremony \u201c2017 Chiang Mai Yi Peng Festival\u201d \u2013 Location: Thapae Gate<\/h3>\n

1900 \u2013 2300\u00a0\u2013 The Lantern Procession Contest (for The Royal Trophy) \u2013 Location: Thapae Gate to Chiang Mai Municipality<\/h3>\n

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Friday November 3 (Full Moon), 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

0809 \u2013 1030 \u2013 Worshiping Ritual to House of Spirits, White Pagoda and Ping River \u2013 Location: Chiang Mai Municipal Building and Srikhong Temple\u2019s pier<\/h3>\n

0900 \u2013 1700 \u2013 Handmade Krathong Contest \u2013 Location: Office of Chiang Mai Municipality<\/h3>\n

1900 \u2013 2300 \u2013 Continuity floating ritual of tiny candlelit Krathong (Krathong Sai)<\/h3>\n

1900 \u2013 2300 \u2013 The Small Krathong Procession Contest (for The Royal Trophy) \u2013 Location: Thapae Gate to Chiang Mai Municipality<\/h3>\n

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Saturday November 4, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

1900 \u2013 2300 \u2013 The Grand Krathong Procession Contest (for The Royal Trophy) \u2013 Location: Thapae Gate to Chiang Mai Municipality<\/h3>\n

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Loy Krathong Festival Dates: November 2 \u2013 4, 2017 Location:Chiang Mai Activities: Each year the\u00a0Loi Krathong\u00a0Festival features activities at various venues throughout the city such boat races on the Mae Ping River, Yipeng lantern procession and contest, Beauty contest, and Krathong parades and contests.\u00a0The dates of the\u00a0Loy Krathong\u00a0Festivalalways cause plenty of confusion. They change every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,459],"class_list":["post-6235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travelthaiculture","tag-chiang-mai","tag-loy-krathong-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6235","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=6235"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6662,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6235\/revisions\/6662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laofree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}