Thailand Holidays & Festivals

This October from the 15th to the 23rd, you can witness one of the most bizarre festivals in all of Thai events. The Vegetarian Festival is an annual festival lasting nine days during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. One can only guess that it involves the abstinence …

One of Thailand’s oldest and most enjoyable festivals has officially reached its 111th anniversary. The province of Ubon Ratchathani and the Thailand Tourism Authority joined heads to celebrate the 2012 Candle Festival in the best way possible. The festival is held throughout the country, but there is nothing comparable to …

Commonly called ‘Buddha’s Birthday’, Vesak is actually the celebration of the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha and, unlike the birth and death of Christ, is celebrated as one occasion. Buddhism is one of Southeast Asia’s major religions, second to Islam which is predominant in Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia. As …

The Tamil Thanksgiving of good harvests, Pongal, originated in South India, but today expands to several countries where Tamils have migrated.  In Singapore, for example, it is one of the largest Hindu festivals celebrated considering the large population of Tamils. The Pongal Festival begins on the 10th Tamil month, known …

While both events are celebrations for the full moon above, the Full Moon Festival and the Full Moon Party should not be confused as the same. The festival is an annual event to give thanks and ask for dreams to come true. The party is a monthly event of drinking, …

No one in the world knows a good water fight, like the Thai do. The Songkran Festival is the traditional Thai New Year, involving water, lots of it. The word Songkran, derived from the Sanskrit language, means to pass or move into. This passing refers to the sun, moon, and …