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As we prepare ourselves to celebrate the festival of lights Diwali here in India tomorrow, wanted to share a very similar Siamese festival of lights celebrated on the full moon night in Thailand, to pay respects to the goddess of water.
I captured this beautiful moment in where all the monks gathered together to light the entire temple with lights and sat down to pray in front of a large Buddha statue.
For the benefit of people who may want to experience this festival firsthand, in 2018 this festival is celebrated from November 21 to November 24, although the main Loy Krathong falls on Friday, November 23. While the festival is celebrated in different ways all over Thailand, I experienced the festivities in Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand. This city is also famous for mass lantern release festival, Yi Peng, which happens around the same time.
Wishing all my blogger friends a very Happy Diwali!
As we prepare ourselves to celebrate the festival of lights Diwali here in India tomorrow, wanted to share a very similar Siamese festival of lights celebrated on the full moon night in Thailand, to pay respects to the goddess of water.
I captured this beautiful moment in where all the monks gathered together to light the entire temple with lights and sat down to pray in front of a large Buddha statue.
For the benefit of people who may want to experience this festival firsthand, in 2018 this festival is celebrated from November 21 to November 24, although the main Loy Krathong falls on Friday, November 23. While the festival is celebrated in different ways all over Thailand, I experienced the festivities in Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand. This city is also famous for mass lantern release festival, Yi Peng, which happens around the same time.
Wishing all my blogger friends a very Happy Diwali!
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