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• Loy Krathong Day

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 773
  ( YouTube link ) The night of the full moon in November is known as Loy Krathong Day in Thailand. Loy is “to float” and Krathong is a “leaf cup” usually made of banana leaf as one often sees in the market. The leaf cup is used to hold something. Loy Krathong is, therefore, the floating of lights in a leaf ...
  3 days ago

• raid on house in Chiang Mai Guns, bombs seized

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 148
  Guns, bombs seized in raid on house in Chiang MaiPM Abhisit Vejjajiva cancels his plan to go to Chiang MaiPolice yesterday found 6,000 home-made “ping-pong” bombs as well as eight guns from a raid at a house owned by man linked to the red shirts, in Chiang Mai.The owner of the house in Chom Thong [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Photo Essay – Thailand’s Loy Krathong Comes but Once a Lunar Year

  
  Matador Nights — Authority: 512
  Loy Krathong is celebrated on the twelfth full moon of the Thai lunar year, and is meant to venerate both Buddha and the Thai water goddess Phra Mae Kongka. Chiang Mai is host to some of the most spectacular festivities in Thailand, where thousands of sky lanterns and fireworks fill the air in the days surrounding the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Loy Krathong Kabaklaan

  
  kawadjan — Authority: 116
  Dumping a few pictures of the Loy Krathong celebration last night, my third time to experience the festival. Loy Krathong is one of my favorite festivals in the Land of Smiles. Its not as frantic as Songkran and way less commercialized than Christmas and New Year. Loy Krathong is rather more solemn and just chill. ...
  5 weeks ago

• A quick, private (but noisy) Loy Krathong

  
  Thailand Voice — Authority: 155
  That time of year again, Loy Krathong. With Sutiya in the last stages of pregnancy we are not as mobile as last year,  so we literally just nipped over the road to the temple opposite the house. The temple grounds were very pretty, with bright multi-coloured lights hanging amongst all the … Read full story ...
  5 weeks ago

• Sundays Over and Loy Krathong Has Arrived

  
  BangkokPastor — Authority: 112
  Heres the link to yesterdays sermon.I dont have too much to comment on from yesterdays church.* We enjoyed welcoming new members.* It was good to have one of them lead the choir.* I enjoyed meeting a few new folks (including one whose wedding I might perform in December!).Whats really on my mind right now is the Loy ...
  5 weeks ago

• Thaksin: Loy Krathong in Cambodia Nov 2 ?

  
  Thai Political Facts Info — Authority: 92
  Pheau Thai MP Pracha Prasobdi says Thaksin Shinawatr will fly his private jet to Cambodia on Nov 2 to celebrate Loy Krathong festival with Khmer PM Hun Sen. “He also wants to personally thank Hun Sen for expressing his readiness to provide a house for him,” the Thai MP says, adding: “If Prime Minister ...
  5 weeks ago

• Downturn dampens Loy Krathong

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 148
  Downturn dampens Loy KrathongThe economic downturn has hit the upcoming Loy Krathong festival hard with spending expected to grow by 5.7 per cent to Bt9.3 billion, the lowest growth in three years, according to the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.Thanavath Phonvichai, director of UTCC’s Economic Business ...
  5 weeks ago

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