November 1, 2009 is the first official day of Loy Krathong this year. The festival is centered around the full moon and is three days long. Yesterday morning was spent decorating the entrance to the guesthouse with flowers. Yesterday evening was the opening cereomy which included, fireworks, a parade, a beauty pageant, floating lanterns and a large and lively night market.Everything here is decorated and I have a feeling it is rubbing off on me. I was not able to sit back and watch as people played with flowers... i couldn't resist jumping right in
even though I had no idea of what I was doing. The people here are so nice and layed back and welcomed my attempted help.
Later in then evening we walked to the city wall where the opening ceremonies were being held.
Lighted paper lanterns hung above our heads and street food was abundant. A parade of beatiful traditional Thai culture passed down the street and we enjoyed sitting and watching as people sent paper lanterns up into the sky.
Lighted paper lanterns hung above our heads and street food was abundant. A parade of beatiful traditional Thai culture passed down the street and we enjoyed sitting and watching as people sent paper lanterns up into the sky.There was also a surprising fireworks show as seen in this video. The fireworks were actually being launched from about 100 feet away from us. Thank goodness they all went up into the air!
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