Loy Krathong Schedule is Out

Loy Krathong Schedule is Out

by CityNews

CityNews – The Tourism Authority of Thailand has announced Chiang Mai’s schedule for Loy Krathong 2017. This year it will be from November 2nd to November 4th.

The Chiang Mai Yee Peng Festival 2017, which includes Loy Krathong and the Great Sermon Ceremony, is scheduled for the first week of November. The festival will officially begin on the 2nd with the opening ceremony at Lanna Folklife Museum at 7pm. During the evenings of the 2nd and the 3rd, there will be performances of Lanna folk dances around the moat, the Mister and Miss Yee Peng Contest and the Respective Ritual Ceremony to Phra Sirimangkalajarn beginning at 7pm.

On November 3rd, the Lanna ritual of floating candlelit baskets, Krathong Sai, will begin at 7pm. On November 4th, the grand Krathong parade will begin at 7pm from Tha Pae Gate to Chiang Mai Municipality Office.

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