Chiang Mai Lantern Festival

Tickets for Lantern Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Chiang Mai is the best places to celebrate the festival while visiting the country.

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In 2020, Loy Krathong falls on Oct 31 and Nov 1. It's a light festival (or known as Thailand Lantern Festival) on the full moon day in November. The festival is celebrated nationwide by releasing lotus-shaped baskets, decorated with candles and flowers onto the rivers.

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Yi Peng usually starts 2 days earlier than Loy Krathong. In 2020, Yi Peng Festival will possibly be observed on 31st October and 1st of November.

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Chiang Mai, Yi Peng Festival 2020 was mainly held in two places: Lanna Dhutanka Buddhist Center behind Mae Jo University and Chiang Mai Sky Lantern Festival at Northern Study Center Maerim, Chiangmai . Both share a similar schedule for the evening.

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It is believed that the light festival originated with paying homage to the spirits of the rivers and thanking the water god for the rains.
There are lights everywhere. Before the celebration, there’s silence: monks are meditating, surrounded by flickering candles.

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Yi Peng (or Yee Peng, Chiangmai Sky Lantern Festival) is light festival celebrated in Northern Thailand alongside Loy Krathong. It is a Lanna festival with the biggest celebration held in Chiang Mai, which is the ancient capital of the former Lanna Kingdom.

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The highlight is that numerous sky lanterns, adorned with lights, are released and ‘float’ up into the sky. Sky lanterns are called khom loi in Thai language, which means floating lanterns.

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The khom loi are made of rice paper, stretched over a bamboo frame, with a candle attached. The hot air of the candle is trapped inside and makes the lantern rise from the ground.

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Different kinds of lanterns can be seen: houses and temples are decorated with khom fai (paper lanterns); Khom tue are lanterns carried on a stick; and Khom pariwat are revolving lanterns placed on temples..
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We launch a lantern into the sky as if launching their own bad luck and mistakes into oblivion. If your lantern disappears into the dark before the light goes out, you will have an extremely good year. Conversely, if your lantern crashes, your next year will be full of bad luck.

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Chiang Mai, Yi Peng Festival 2020 was mainly held in two places: Lanna Dhutanka Buddhist Center behind Mae Jo University and Chiang Mai Sky Lantern Festival at Northern Study Center Maerim, Chiangmai . Both share a similar schedule for the evening.

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Yi Peng Loy Krathong celebrated in Northern Thailand, especially in Chiang Mai. It is different in that lights are placed into sky lanterns. Swarms of sky lanterns, decorated with good luck wishes and prayers are released to the sky.

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On the night of the festival, Thai people make a wish as they launch their krathongs on the rivers. Some people place hair and fingernails inside the krathong: by doing so, they want to float away their past mistakes and negative thoughts.

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A magical moment, Thousands of sky lanterns float into the sky.
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Loy Krathong, Yi Peng and the Mae Jo Mass Sky Lantern Release.
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Loy Krathong and the Yi Peng mass sky lantern release in Chiang Mai.
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Standard Seat Available ! Yee Peng Lanna International 2019 at Mae Jo Sansai on November 11, 2019.
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