Floating Lamp (Yi Peng) Chaing Mai

Yi Peng Festival is a popular tradition of Chiang Mai. in November every year. Are floating in the sky lights. Light the night sky.

Floating Lamp of the popular tradition in the twelfth lunar month. Villagers in the popular task of north and northeast. Release Grasp the left side pain and various other issues outta. The meaning of the lamp (to float) to see the note are two meanings.

Floating Lamp  means the fire of the lamp and then placed on a rack and let it float in the sequence. Looks like a big balloon of tissue paper to let fly the skies with smoke.

Peng Yi means the full moon. It is the language of North which corresponds to the central Loy Kra Tong.


The locals believe that lights up the sky over the release. Leave the bad and the history of suffering and pain for her life. Far from completion. Regarded as ancestral worship and express gratitude.

Songkran Festival

Thailand's most celebrated festival is the Songkran Festival. It starts April 13 and lasts between 3 and 10 days, depending on where you are in Thailand. The word Songkran is from the Sanskrit meaning the beginning of a new Solar Year, but nowadays Thailand celebrates the New Year on 31 December.

The Thai people celebrate this festival with water. Everyone gets soaking wet and since it is the hottest season of the year, the custom is quite refreshing. Songkran is a Public Spring Cleaning Day, supported by the religious belief that anything old and useless must be thrown away or it will bring bad luck to the owner.

In Chiangmai, the Songkran procession is held on this day. This is a parade through Chiangmai comprised of Buddha images and attendants on floats, which are accompanied by minstrels and the town's people. The procession begins at Nawarat Bridge on the Mae Ping River and moves the Thapae Gate before approaching its final destination of Wat Prasingh.

In Bangkok,  Khao San Road is most popular for Thai and foreigners. This place will provide water , flour , water gun and more. Songkran Festival has the period 13-16 april each year. What attracts people to play this festival is fun atmosphere , many people and most important is big smile of people.