Celebrated in Chiang Mai and across North Thailand, the annual Yi Peng Lantern Festival is one of Thailand’s most charming events. During the time of the ancient Lanna kingdom, Yi Peng (also written as Yee Peng) was an important event with lanterns used to represent the transition from the darker days of the rainy season […]
Locations: regions where the Yao ethnic minority live in compact communities, such as Gongcheng county in Guilin, and Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County in Hezhou As one of China's oldest ethnic groups, Yao people regard Panwang, or King Pan, as their mythological ancestor, and celebrate the festival on the 16th day of the 10th lunar month, […]
In early December, the Khmer living in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam stage a lively festival known as Oóc Om Bóc. Celebrated in Sóc Trăng province, where Khmer culture is everywhere, this festival offers an incredible glimpse into Vietnam’s diversity. Look out for activities thanking the moon god for the year’s harvest, as well as […]
Imagine a public feast with tables extending over a street! You are in for such a treat during Hani people's Shiyuenian, or the 10th Lunar Month Festival, which starts on the first "dragon day" of the month. For this ethnic group living on Ailao Mountains (Ailao Shan), it's a post-harvest public carnival to be proudly […]
This celebrates the 1975 victory of the proletariat over the monarchy with parades, speeches, etc. Lao National and communist hammer and sickle flags are flown all over the country. Celebration is mandatory, hence poorer communities postpone some of the traditional Ok Phansa activities-usually practiced roughly a month earlier-until National Day, thus saving themselves considerable expense.
Celebrated every December, this festival represents the ancient Buddhist excursion in North Okkalapa Township near Yangon. Monks recite prayers for 24 hours at this festival. In the morning, devotees would […]
December 10th is Constitution Day in Thailand, a day to remember the adoption of the country’s first permanent constitution in 1932. As the holiday is proximate to King’s Birthday on December 5th, many people take a few works days off to create a long break during this time. It is a time to relax, recuperate, and […]
The ritual ceremony is performed annually at the Pha That Ing Hang (Ing Hang Stupa), one of the most sacred stupas in Savannakhet Province and in Central Lao. In December people organize a festival to show their respect to Buddhism and to the people who built this stupa. Many people including the old and young […]
This is the most important festival for Lisu people, something like their New Year, and tradition dictates that the exact date of this festival each year must meet a series of phenological conditions(including when the cherry trees bloom), therefore varies among different villages -though since 1990, December 20th has been decided on as the official […]
