Phraya Krai Phakdi Memorial Fair, San Don Ta Festival and Worshipping City Pillar

  Phraya Krai Phakdi Memorial Fair, San Don Ta Festival and Worshipping City Pillar

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Major Si Sa Ket Festivals in September

Phraya Krai Phakdi Memorial Fair, San Don Ta Festival and Worshipping City Pillar.

When: 16 – 21 September 2017

Where: The field in front of Khukhan municipal office, Si Sa Ket. Northeast Thailand

This annual event is a vibrant and sacred ritual of paying respect to the Khukhan City Pillar shrine, (see our post Human sacrifices in Thailand), along with paying homage to Chao Pho Lak Mueang (เจ้าพ่อหลักเมือง), the city spirit deity. Further respect is shown to Phraya Krai Phakdi Si Nakhon Lamduan (Ta kacha), the first ruler of the region.

Watch the ritual to respectfully invite spirits of ancestors, an offerings contest, Khukhan Banana contest, Kao Tom Mud contest and a local colourful parade. Plus a number of different local cultural performances and of course as this is still Thailand, there will be a whole host of vendors selling local produce and handicraft and the famous Pisang Awak bananas and other kinds of bananas grown in the province.

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