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Thai Traditional Festivals
To publicize the Thai way of life and to mark the annual festival of Loi Krathong. Thai. ‘Floating flower arrangement’. Annual festival in Thailand held on the full moon of Yi Peng, the second lunar month according to the northern Thai calendar and the twelfth lunar month of a regular calendar year. A floating flower arrangement made from the folded leaves of a banana plant, flowers, candles and incense sticks, and called krathong is put to the water and pushed away to honour the goddess of water Mae Khongkha. It is generally believed that by giving an offering to the water goddess, one is forgiven for all pollution caused in the past year when using water for personal purposes. Each krathong is decorated with burning candles and incense sticks causing the water to be illuminated by thousands of floating lights. The festival is celebrated most exuberantly in the North, especially in Chiang Mai and Sukhothai, where every year colourful parades takes place .
Stamps featuring the traditional Loi Krathong festival as celebrated in different provinces: 1. Loi Krathong and Candle Festival in Sukhothai; 2. Illuminated Boat Procession in Nakhon Phanom; 3. Yi Peng in Chiang Mai; 4. Loi Krathong Sai Lai Prathip Phan Duang in Tak.
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| Issued Country | Thailand |
| Issued Year | 2011 |
| Category | Events Buddhist Arts |
| Type | Commemorative/Special Stamps |