on the way home tonight i saw these chinese figures at thaphae gate and when i asked the four workers what ?

all they said was no english ... chinese for tomorrow

so i looked up chinese hollidays and the next one i think is

Mid-Autumn Day

Sep. 19 - 21.... 3 days off

so are these figures going to be on

display there for the next four weeks ?

anyone know ?

dave2.... just curious

Theres something going on at Thapae Gate every few days, all year round. It started when (the first) Shinawatra was in power. I gave up on figuring out each individual event a long time ago.

Edited August 17, 201312 yr by Ulysses G.

Theres something going on at Thapae Gate every few days, all year round. It started when (the first) Shinawatra was in power. I gave up on figuring out each individual event a long time ago.

Or to put it another way ..... "I don't know".

Exactly.

IDK should replace IMHO as the most used internet slang/acronym/shorthand on TV

IDK should replace IMHO as the most used internet slang/acronym/shorthand on TV

No self respecting ThaiVisa poster would ever admit he did not know anything.

I think It's for the the Chinese half year celebration - 'saa jin' or something like that.

On Wenesday 21th August 2013 is Ghost festival. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Festival

There is the internaltional lantern festival Chiang Mai 2013 on 21th-29th August 2013.

For lanterns on display. Both sculptural lamps landmarks such as the Opera House. Clock tower, Big Ben, Statue of Liberty, the arch poles Japanese Tori on a lamp Guanyin lamp series makes eight Australasian lamp series Dragon Serpent 12 Zodiac are also lamps Lanna Vietnam, China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka will be. stage activities from 18.00 am onwards for the duration of 9 days.

Detail in Thai. http://www.mcot.net/site/content?id=520da11d150ba0e53d0000b4#.UhCyk-Cb820

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There is the internaltional lantern festival Chiang Mai 2013 on 21th-29th August 2013.

hes right !

heres a poster about it and theyve started

putting the figures around the moat

picture time .... dave2

its the hungry ghosts this month and the Chinese who celebrate this believe this is the month when all ghosts get a month's pass to roam around from hell

So festivals are set up to keep them busy from mischief and also relatives take this time to burn offerings of money houses handphones and such for their deceased relatives

After all they need their new iPhone 5 as well :-)

The g/f's mother does some weird things this time of year to supposedly entertain her deceased Chinese husband, as well as her Chinese relatives. She has a pig's head around for a couple of days, a bottle of Lao Khao, fruit, etc. all kept on a shelf kind of thing attached to the wall. She also burns things.

A few of these seem to have got lost near Chiang Mai Gate (inner)

It looks as though someone knicked them and then realised they wouldn't look so cool in the garden, so promptly dumped them.

They are in a jumble near a trash can along the moat. (near Acer service centre).

Meanwhile at Tapae Gate they seem to be constructing a giant igloo!!

The g/f's mother does some weird things this time of year to supposedly entertain her deceased Chinese husband, as well as her Chinese relatives. She has a pig's head around for a couple of days, a bottle of Lao Khao, fruit, etc. all kept on a shelf kind of thing attached to the wall. She also burns things.

Same stuff mate for the spirits ....I actually going to Singapore and Malaysia at this time

They have some really nifty stuff to buy including life sized cars of various models audi Benz ...handphones clothes ...maids ...houses etc

They also hold auctions to sell good luck stuff and some of these things run into usd$20,000 +++

A few of these seem to have got lost near Chiang Mai Gate (inner)

It looks as though someone knicked them and then realised they wouldn't look so cool in the garden, so promptly dumped them.

They are in a jumble near a trash can along the moat. (near Acer service centre).

Meanwhile at Tapae Gate they seem to be constructing a giant igloo!!

Maybe the ghosts this year have asked for the ice skating rink

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A few of these seem to have got lost near Chiang Mai Gate (inner)

no no no you plonker

they are not lost

they are going to put some of them on floats in the moat like they did for loy kratong in nov 10 and 12

but they are way way way behind on getting them all set up coz this festival / show

is supposed to start tonight at thaphae gate but there are still loads of them there waiting to be put out !

dave2

My wife and her sister went out just before midnight with a basket full of what looked like mama noodles. She said tamboon so guess part of the celebration and feeding the ghosts.

sorry to derail this thread but "

t started when (the first) Shinawatra was in power."

funny how we would naturally say in office in a true democracy.

I thought lantern festival should be on 15th day of 8th lunar month aka Mooncake festival? 19 Sept 2013.

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Edited August 21, 201312 yr by Choonpon

So, the Lantern Festival is on 21 Aug. to 29 Aug. ---but where?? Sorry, I can decypher Dave2's poster photo for the dates but not the location.

So, the Lantern Festival is on 21 Aug. to 29 Aug. ---but where?? Sorry, I can decypher Dave2's poster photo for the dates but not the location.

Moon cake festival is next month mates...this months celebration is all for the hungry ghost festival

sorry to derail this thread but "

t started when (the first) Shinawatra was in power."

funny how we would naturally say in office in a true democracy.

That's simply not true. I could post hundreds of links to newspaper and TV website articles in the UK that use the phrases in power / come into power etcetera, when referring to governments and prime ministers.

Here's one brief example from the Daily Mail (from an article discussing how economic growth was worse under the labour government in the last decade than at any other time since 1945): "By contrast, in the 1990s, when John Major was in power before being ousted by Tony Blair in 1997, output rose by an average of 2.2 per cent a year."

(Easy to find examples from the Guardian, Telegraph and the BBC too, in case anyone starts making silly comments about the Daily Mail)

Edited August 22, 201312 yr by inthepink

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So, the Lantern Festival is on 21 Aug. to 29 Aug. ---but where??

thaphae gate

heres some pics and theres a show on every

night from 6 pm to 10 pm on the stage !

enjoy ... dave2

A few years ago in Perth

Edited August 23, 201312 yr by harrry

It's the International Lantern Festival 2013, and it's pretty good.

We went last night

It's on till the 29th but everyone said go today (24th) because that's when the most stuff is happening.

It's free and at Thapae Gate, from 6 till 10pm.

We happened to be in the area last night and popped by for 40 minutes or so. Honestly, I would give it a pass. No disrespect intended for the poster above me promoting her website but...there was young guy and girl - magical act (terrible), some Korean music and dancing....O.K. but....igloo shaped tents? with Lanna lantern inside - wow - and the usual junk food hawkers. Mostly tourists who looked like they ended up there when they saw the lights/heard the sounds but promptly left. Even my kid didn't like it and wanted to get out of there.

If you are terribly bored there are 100 better things to do.