Loy Krathong festival
Hello everyone, How you all doing ? I’m doing great with my life .. today I came to share my experience about the Thai festival called “ Loy Krathong “. Loy Krathong is a Siamese festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand & Laos. The name could be translated as “ to float a basket”, and comes from the tradition of making Krathong or buoyant, decorated baskets, which floated on river. It takes places on the evening of the full moon 🌕 of the twelfth month in the traditional Thai Lunar calendar. Hence the exact date of the festival changes every year. The basket was made of banana tree, which was also decorated by the banana leaves The Thai people make the buoyant with banana leaves and flowers. Here in my village , the committee person announced a competition on Loy Krathong day. They mentioned like “ the person who make the buoyant beautifully will get the reward money 500 baht ( 15 $). On the last day evening, nearly 150 buoyant received for the ...