Chinese New Year to skip Chinatown

By Kaewta Ketbungkan, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — The Year of the Rooster will have less to crow about this year as for the first time in many years, Chinese New Year will not be celebrated on Yaowarat Road.

 

All events marking the occasion will be moved to Lumphini Park on Wednesday through Sunday out of concern the celebrations were incompatible with mourning for the late King Bhumibol.

 

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Thailand Tourism Festival was also planned at Bangkok’s Lumpini Park from 25th-29th January. So the Chinese New Years celebration will also occupy the same area at the same time. Good for tourists with both in the same place but might be chaos otherwise.

On 1/23/2017 at 5:40 PM, snoop1130 said:

The Year of the Rooster will have less to crow about this year

 

i asked in a bar in chiang mai last night if they would be bringing the

ten people dancing naga team up from bangkok to make a few baht

again this year and they said no

 

way to go thailand .... another ten people out of work !

 

dave2