Thailand Festivals

This festival is a merit-making ceremony that is performed in anticipation of a good rainy season. Home made rockets are launched in a contest for the higher rocket. In addition, the festival features street parades, theatres and folklore music.

TAT Ubon Ratchathani Tel: +66 4524 3770, +66 4525 0714
Email: tatubon@tat.or.th

Big bike lovers flock to the island of Samui for Samui Bike Week every year to display their bikes and ride. The event raises money for charity and there will be eco-friendly activities to enjoy. Contests include finding the most unique bikes, beautiful bikers pageant and a Thai and international food fair.

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The Sweet Wintergreen, Fruit & Trat Specialty Fair show cases the many fruits available in Trat province. The Fair also features fruit parade carts competition, exhibitions from public and private organisations.

Trat Provincial Agricultural Office +66 39 511008
+66 39 597259-60

The Phrathat Si Song Rak Festival is of a religious and culture nature that pays homage to the Lord Buddha. Devotees offer food, clean chambers, novice monks are blessed, Buddha's relics are worshipped along with a wax tree offering. there's also a candlelight procession and bamboo rockets are launched.

TAT Loei Office Tel: +66 42 812812

Followers chant celebration prayers of Intakin City Pillar, arrange flower bowls, sprinkle water on Fon-Saen-Ha Buddha image (Hundred Thousand Rain), pay respect to Pra Buddha Attarod (standing Buddha image), sprinkle water on The Main Buddha Relics Pagoda. There are also Lanna style traditional performances.

TAT Chiang Mai Office Tel: +66 53 248604, 053 248607, 053 302500

This event includes an offering parade, bank note tree parade, offering of robes parade, flag parade, Buddha relics cloth parade and the ceremony of wrapping cloth around the pagoda enshrined with Buddha relics.

TAT Tak Office Tel: +66 55 514341-3
Ko Tapao District Administrative Office Tel: +66 55 500076

More than 300 species of butterflies, a butterfly exhibition and butterfly watching demonstration by officers from this national park can be seen during the three months of this festival. There's also camping, a visit to Pang Sida waterfall and hiking on the 25km scenic jungle trail.

TAT Nakhon Nayok Tel: +66 37 312282, 037 312284
Email: tatnayok@tat.or.th

The fruits of Si Sa Ket Kaset province - rambutan, durian, lanson, mangosteen and stink beans - are on display in this event which happens every June. Spectators can also enjoy flower floats, documentary exhibitions and a fruit tasting caravan.

TAT Surin Office Tel: +66 4451 4447
Email: tatsurin@tat.or.th

The Phi Ta Khon Festival or 'Bun Luang' is part of a Buddhist merit-making event that reflects the local Isan belief in ghosts and spirits. Sometimes known as the Ghost Festival, the Phi Ta Khon Festival sees people wearing masks during processions and in addition to listening to sermons from Buddhist monks.

TAT Loei Office Tel: +66 4281 2812
Email: tatloei@tat.or.th

This beautiful wedding ceremony in the 'Baba Peranakan' (Straits Chinese) tradition is a celebration of Peranakan culture. Couples dress in the style and manner of 19th century Chinese traders and well-to-do local Thai maidens. Chosen venues are mansions, which exemplify Sino-Portuguese style.

Tel: +66 81 691 1955
Email: info@phuketbaba.com
Web: www.phuketbaba.com