ลอยกระทง

I have now witnessed ลอยกระทง (Loy Krathong). The central feature of this full moon festival is the launching of little banana leaf boats. These boats are equipped with incense and candles. They may also be loaded with hair clippings, nail clippings, and coins. At their launching, wishes are made/prayers are said. The goal is that the sins and bad luck from the past year will float away with the boat.

My friend took me to a college campus where there were all kinds of happenings: food stands, a beauty contest, carnival games, etc. The water wasn’t all that pretty. Some photos from other places are quite impressive.

Not dazzled by the water, I turned my camera and my eye to the sky. In addition to launching candles on the water, people where launching fires into the sky. You can check my video of these โคมไฟ here 18MB or 1MB.