webfact Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Nakhon Sawan ends its long Chinese New Year celebration todayNAKHON SAWAN: -- Nakhon Sawan province will end its weeklong Chinese New Year celebrations today with colourful processions and dragon dances.Part of the celebration will be a traditional procession to herald the river God and Goddess or Chaomae and Chaopor Khongkha River, who are the spiritual protectors of the sacred river.The procession has been performed by locals here for a hundred years.Yesterday the celebrations features a local practice as a final send-off for the Chinese New Year festival.It started with a daylight procession in the early dawn hours with altogether 30 floats in the convoy.As the procession passes each home in the municipality every household eagerly wait to receive blessings from the mediums whose bodies have been taken over by the spirits of Mother and Father Pak Nam Pho River.The tradition has been performed here by Nakhon Sawan residents for generations.But this year’s celebrations received an added blessing with 4 more mediums having had their human forms taken over.These are Chaopor Thepharak, Chaomae Thap Thim, Chaopor Kuan U and the Three Eyed Goddess.But the celebrations could never be complete without the colorful dancing lions and dancing dragon troupes which perform their feats for every household as an added blessing for each home.Another attraction for the 100 year Chinese New Year celebration here are the two Chaomae or Mother Guan Yin reincarnations in earthly forms.The Chaopor Pak Nam Pho and Chaopor Pak Nam Pho procession lasted until late evening as a grand send-off to the Chinese New Year celebrations.Early today a ritual to return both the spirits of Chaomae and Chaopor Pak Nam Pho to their resting places at their shrines will be performed and this will represent the official conclusion to the 12 day celebrations here.The Nakhon Sawan Municipality also revealed that they have made plans to erect a new 18 meter statue of Chaomae Guan Yin at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River as homage to the 100 year Chinese New Year celebration here in Nakhon Sawan.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/150665 -- Thai PBS 2016-02-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Chinese new year seems to be bigger in Thailand than any other place on earth. It is actually bigger than Thai New year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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