Loy Krathong is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand, and also known as 'The Festival of Lights'. It is held on the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar.This year it falls on November 2. Well, that is the official calendar date for most of the festivities, but the neighborhood parties started today and will continue tomorrow, with the big blowout on Tuesday night.
Nearly every village, town or city will have a community festival or parade or waterside gathering.
During the festival period many people will release a small floating raft fashioned from banana leaves, flowers, candles and incense on a klong, lake or river as a thanksgiving for the water which has been released as rain during this past monsoon period.
Here in northern Thailand it is also celebrated by the release of thousands of khom fai, or sky lanterns.
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