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This Thailand travel guide can help you plan where to go by providing information about dining and accommodation, Thailand tourist attractions, regional festivals and events, different activities in each of the Thailand provinces, and unique shopping products produced in different regions of Thailand. |
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HOLIDAYS & FESTIVAL 2011
Thailand has a large number of festivals and holidays. Exact dates for festivals may vary from year to year, either because of the lunar calendar, which is not synchronized with the solar calendar, or because local authorities decide to change the festival dates. The Tourism Authority of Thailand publishes an up-to-date major Events and Festivals Calendar each year. The following are just a few major holidays and festivals in Thailand.
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January
New Year's Day (1st January) - public holiday
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February
Magha Puja Day (12th - 18th February, full moon, third lunar month)
A public holiday commemorating the gathering of the Lord Buddha’s disciples that culminates with a candlelit walk around the main chapel of every temple across the country.
Underwater wedding in Trang (14th February)
Getting married in February? Fancy a wedding with difference? Every year the province of Trang plays host to the only underwater wedding in Thailand come Valentine's Day.
Chinese New Year (late January to early February)
A week of festivities and fireworks displays in the Chinese neighborhoods throughout Thailand.
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April
Chakri Day (6th April)
A public holiday commemorating the founder of the Chakri Dynasty,
King Rama I.
Songkran Festival (13th - 15th April)
Thai New Year. Water is splashed on everyone in a “gesture of good luck” for the New Year. Be prepared to get wet. |
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May
Labour Day (1st May)
Coronation Day (5th May)
A public holiday celebrating the coronation of H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX).
Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day
Held in May when the rice-growing season begins.
Visakha Puja Day (full moon, sixth lunar month)
A public holiday commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Lord Buddha. |
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July
Khao Phansa (July)
A public holiday celebrating the beginning of Buddhist Lent.
Asalha Puja Day (full moon, eight lunar month)
A public holiday marking the Lord Buddha's firth sermon. |
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August
H.M. the Queen's Birthday / Mother's Day (12th August)
A public holiday celebrating the birth of Queen Sirikit of Thailand.
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October
Ok Phansa (October)
End of Buddhist Lent.
Chulalongkorn Day (23rd October)
A public holiday to commemorate the death of King Chulalongkorn
(King Rama V).
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November
Loi Krathong Festival (full moon, twelfth lunar month)
This most charming of all Thai celebrations which usually falls in November.
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December
H.M. the King's Birthday (5th December)
A public holiday to celebrate the H. M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday.
Constitution Day (10th December)
A public holiday celebrating Thailand's democratic constitution.
New Year's Eve (31st December)
Celebrations across the country to ring in the new year.
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