San Don Ta: Festival for forefathers

San Don Ta: Festival for forefathers

SI SA KET, 13 August 2013: Tourism Authority of Thailand will join 23 provincial administrations to organise the San Don Ta festival, 1 to 2 October, to encourage domestic tourism to northeast Thailand.

The two-day event will be held at Phraya Krai Phakdi Sinakorn Lamduan Park in the province’s Khu Khan district. Established around 200 years ago, the district is home to a mix of Thai ethnic culture with language and traditions from Cambodia, Laos, Kui, Ger, and China.

TAT Surin office director, Chookiet Potito, told TTR Weekly that the festival is held annually for Thai-Khmer descendant to worship their ancestors and is an opportunity to promote tourism to the southern part of I-San provinces — Si Sa Ket, Surin and Buri Ram.

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