Crazy Festivals That You Can’t Miss In Thailand

Thailand is home to many different people from various cultures. Due to this, there are countless crazy festivals and exciting special events held in Thailand throughout the year. Some of these are celebrated nationwide, e.g. Songkran whilst other festivals are specific to particular cities or provinces. Here’s a list of some these amusing festivals celebrated in Thailand along with their craziness quotient.

Songkran - Water Festival
Month – April
Craziness Quotient 9/10
Songkran, a three-day water fight throughout the whole country is the biggest and most fun-filled festival in Thailand. One thing is certain – You will get wet!

Phi Ta Khon - Ghost Festival
Month – June or July
Craziness Quotient 8/10
Located in Dan Sai Town in Loei Province, the Ghost Festival is held on the weekend of the 6th full moon of the lunar calendar.

Boon Bang Fai – Rocket Festival
Month – June or July
Craziness Quotient 7.5/10
This festival is celebrated in the North-Eastern Thailand with live folk music, local rice wine drinking competition, beauty pageants, competitive firing of home-made rockets and a party atmosphere.

Yi Peng – Lantern Festival
Month – Mid November
Craziness Quotient 5/10
Celebrated in the Chiang Mai province, during this festival, people release thousands of floating lanterns into the sky. They also decorate their homes with colourful hanging lanterns and flag decorations.

Chiang Mai Flower Festival
Month – February
Craziness Quotient 6/10
During this festival the streets of Chiang Mai are awash with vibrant colours ranging from the electric orange and lilac colours of the bougainvillea to the velvety blossoms of petunias in all shades of pink, white and purple of various flower parades.

Wing Kwai – Buffalo Racing Festival
Month – October
Craziness Quotient 7/10
The annual Buffalo Races are being held here for over 140 years. The races take place on the Ceremony fields in front of the Chonburi City Municipality Office.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Month – October
Craziness Quotient 6.5/10
The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is celebrated by the Chinese community believing that abstinence from meat and various stimulants will help them obtain good health and peace of mind.

Lopburi Festival
Month – November
Craziness Quotient 7.5/10
This festival is held in the Old Town of Lopburi, which is also known as ‘the city of monkeys’. Each year over 4,000 kilos of food is provided as a feast for the long tailed macaques to eat which attracts more than 3,000 wild monkeys.
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