Destinations, Travel tips, Festivals and Public Holidays
Thailand Holiday
Thai New Year 2012
Mar 19th
Songkran – Thai New Year 2012
Thai New Year festival, or known as Songkran, is a Thailand festival widely celebrated by foreigner as water festival, where people splash each others with bucket of waters in the streets of Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, and other Thailand cities. What is less known is that the Thai New Year is also a very religious festival, where Thai people pay respect to Buddha by bathing Buddha statue. More >
Visakha Bucha Day 2012
Mar 6th
Visakha Bucha 2012 – Vesak Celebration in Thailand
Visakha Bucha, or the Vesak Day, is a Buddhist festival to commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha Gautama. In Thailand, a predominantly-Buddhist country, Visakha Bucha is a very important religious festival and is a public holiday. More >
Thailand Water Festival 2012
Mar 5th
Thailand Water Festival 2012 – Thai New Year
Thai New Year (called Songkran festival in Thai) is celebrated as traditional New Year’s Day throughout Thailand. It also coincides with the traditional New Year in Cambodia. The festival has been known more as Thailand Water Festival to foreigners, since the celebration includes water-fights in the streets. More >
Thailand Loy Krathong 2012
Mar 4th
Loy Krathong – The Thailand Floating Festival
Thailand’s Loy Krathong (or Loi Krathong) is one of the many traditional festivals of Thailand. It is an evening when Thais pay respect to the goddess of the waters by floating candlelit offerings on any and all waterways around the kingdom.
The word “Loy” literally means “to float” and “Krathong” means a raft. The raft is said to be about a hand span in diameter and is traditionally made from a section of a banana tree trunk. Throughout the years of evolution, the Loy Krathong raft has been developed to be made out of bread or Styrofoam as an alternative form. More >
Vesak Day 2012 – Wesak Day 2012
Feb 23rd
2012 Vesak / 2012 Wesak Celebration
In Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India
Vesak is an annual public holiday observed traditionally by practicing Buddhists in South Asian and South East Asian countries like Nepal, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Pakistan and India. Sometimes informally called “Buddha’s birthday,” it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment Nirvana, and passing (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha. More >
Songkran 2012
Feb 21st
Songkran (Thailand New Year): The Water Festival
Songkran 2012 / Thai New Year 2012
Songkran Festival or known as Thailand Water Festival, is the most important festival for Thai people. Celebrated as the traditional Thai New Year, Thai people sprinkle water on the elders in show of respect and pay respect to Buddha images. More >
Memorable Vacation in Thailand
Oct 25th
Spending holiday in Thailand brings different experience you’ve never felt before. This country served the visitors with stunningly beautiful beaches, great taste of cuisines, and hospitable people. What makes it greater is that you don’t need much money to come and visit Thailand. Unlike any other countries in the Southeast Asia, Thailand has never been colonized by the European countries. As a result, the traditions and cultures in Thailand are just slightly influenced by the other nations. More >
Songkran Festival Thailand – No One Remains Dry
Oct 19th
Songkran Festival in Thailand, also known as Thailand’s New Year festival, is usually held in April 13. People in Thailand celebrates the festival by throwing water to each other from the media of water gun, balloons, or even buckets. Throwing water to each other is meant to wash away the bad luck or illness from people’s bodies. This tradition is derived from the monks’ habit of splashing water to the people after praying in the temple in the purpose of cleaning the people minds and body from evil spirit or dirtiness. More >
Phuket Vegetarian Festival – 26 September until 05 October 2011
Oct 13th
Phuket Vegetarian Festival is the annual festival in Thailand celebrated in the purpose of gaining good health and peaceful life. It is celebrated in the ninth lunar month according to Chinese Calendar, and in this 2011, the festival is taken place for 9 days from September 26th until October 5th. During the 9 days festival, people celebrating Phuket Vegetarian Festival should not eat any meat, seafood, or fowls to purify themselves from any illness or bad deeds. People believe that by the time the festival is over, their mind, soul, and body are purified, and they will be away from fatal illness or disaster. More >
Animal-Inspired Festivals of the World
Oct 11th
Festivals are usually held by and for people, but some festivals in the world involve animals in the celebrations. The involvement of the animals is either to enliven the festivals or to honor a certain animal. Among some festivals involving animals in the world, three of them are very famous that people around the world head towards the country where the festivals are held. The three most famous festivals involving animals are presented as the following. More >
