Loy krathong-senac

ลอยกระทงLOY KRATHONG

WHAT?

IT’S A FESTIVAL CELEBRATED

ANNUALLY

IT COMES FROM THE TRADITION OF MAKING

KRATHONG, WHICH ARE THEN FLOATED ON A

RIVER

WHERE?

THROUGHOUT SOUTHWESTERN THAI

WHEN?

IT TAKES PLACE ON THE EVENING OF THE FULL MOON OF THE 12TH MONTH

IN THE TRADITIONAL THAI LUNAR CALENDAR

THE DATE OF THE FESTIVAL CHANGES

EVERY YEAR

IN THE WESTERN CALENDAR THIS USUALLY FALLS IN THE

MONTH OF NOVEMBER

MEANING?

LOY

KRATHONG

THE TRADITIONAL KRATHONG ARE MADE FROM A SLICE OF

THE TRUNK OF A BANANA TREE OR A SPIDER LILY PLANT

MODERN KRATHONGS ARE MORE OFTEN MADE OF A KIND

OF BREAD

IT WILL DISINTEGRATE AFTER A FEW DAYS AND CAN BE

EATEN BY FISH

WHY?

TO HONOR BUDDHA

THE CANDLE VENERATES

THE BUDDHA WITH LIGHT

THE KRATHONG'S FLOATING SYMBOLIZES

LETTING GO OF ALL BAD FEELINGS.

HOW?

LOY KRATHONS...

BIG KRATHONS…

BEAUTY CONTEST...

FIREWORKS...

ยีเ่ป็งYIPENG

WHAT?

YI PENG IS A FESTIVAL THAT BAD VIBRATIONS ARE

LITERALLY SENT TO SKY

NOWADAYS, IT TAKES PLACE ON THE SAME DATE AS LOY KRATHONG, IN THE NORTHERN THAI, IN LANNA

CITY

MEANING?

YI“ TWO ”

PENG

“FULLMOONDAY”

KHOM

“LANTERNS”

LOY

HOW?

KHOM LOY ARE MADE FROM A THIN

FABRIC, SUCH AS RICE PAPER,

STRETCHED OVER A WIRE FRAME, TO

WHICH A FUEL CELL IS ATTACHED

SKY LANTERNS ARE LAUNCHED INTO THE AIR

THE KHOM LOI FLOATING SYMBOLIZES LETTING GO

OF ALL BAD FEELINGS