The Kunming International Flower Expo is held annually in Kunming, China's "City of Eternal Spring." Kunming is chosen as the site for the expo because Yunnan Province is the flower capital of China, the best place for growing flowers. The Flower Expo was established in 1995 and grown into one of the leading events of […]
Routine rituals are performed on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month. The Lotus Pond Societies 莲池会 are the associations of older women in Bai villages to carry out rituals and take care of the temples. Festival held according to lunar calendar on 1st day of 6 month
At Thung Sri Mueang, Ubon Ratchathani To mark Khao Phansa, or the start of the three-month Buddhist Lent period, the city of Ubon Ratchathani celebrates its Isan culture and heritage […]
This is the largest traditional sporting event in Myanmar. Celebrated each July at the Maha Muni Pagoda Compound, Mandalay, locals meet up and compete in this non-contact sport. The game […]
Khao Phansa or Buddhist Lent Day takes place the day after the full moon of the eighth lunar month – or Asanha Bucha Day – and marks the start of […]
Boun Khao Phansa is held at the beginning of the Buddhist lent. Over the following three month, monks spend most of their time in prayer and meditation and are restricted […]
Celebrated in July throughout the country, this sacred festival is highly respected by the locals. The festival is celebrated to honour the three turning points of Siddhartha Gautama’s life to […]
Asahna Bucha Day is one of the most important events in the Buddhist calendar commemorating the occasion when Buddha delivered his first sermon. The exact date of Asahna Bucha varies from year to year depending on the lunar calendar, but usually falls in July or August. Asahna Bucha Day is a public holiday in Thailand […]
From the 30th day of the sixth month to the second day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the Cham people of Viet Nam celebrate the Kate Festival. […]
A Zhuang festival celebrated with rice dyed red. The festival's date seems to vary, it is also celebrated at the beginning of the sixth month or the beginning of the seventh month. At Wenshan Festival held according to lunar calendar on 24th day of 6th month
