Loi Krathong is a special event for the Northern Thai people. It originated in Sukhothai and spread north and east. The other parts of Thailand celebrate this festival but nothing like in Chiang Mai. Here is the video We went down to the Ping River in Chiang Mai Thailand for the Loi Krathong Festival around dusk. We purchased food from vendors a waited for it to get dark. More and more people arrived to float krathongs and shoot fireworks. We left around 9 PM as it was getting too crazy with people and fireworks. The water parade starts around 10PM, The Land parade starts around 6:30 on the road next to the river. Next year we will video the land parade. We went home and toured our neighborhood, lit candles, launched Khome Loi, ate and drank with our Thai neighbors.
Genre: Entertainment
by: allthai
I just had to post this as it was one of the most spectacular things I have every seen at the festival. Here in North Thailand the Loi Krathong Festival is much different than anywhere in the Kingdom. In the small town of Mae Jo north of Chiang Mai they started the festival on Saturday night by launching hot air balloons calld "Khom Loy". I went with my wife and friends and took this short video. We are not talking about a few Khom Loy but thousands upon thousands all at the same time. You got to see this.
Video courtesy of www.skylanterns.net. Sky lanterns are also called Fire lanterns, UFO balloons, Khoom Fay, Khom Loi, Kung Ming, Chinese Flying Lanterns amongst others. Two main Sky Lantern festivals are Pingxi in Taiwan and Loy Krathong in Thailand.
Genre: Funny Videos
by: SkyLanterns
Flying Sky Lantern launched in Thailand
Large coloured sky fire lantern released in the thai countryside
