February Festival Guide
Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2008This is your February Festival Guide to all the many wonderful celebrations and events that are held in this most beautiful country. Thai people just love to celebrate with most regions in Thailand having their own brand of entertainment. Remember that not all festivals and events happen on the same day each year. Some have fixed dates while many others are determined by the lunar calendar. Chiang Mai Flower Festival is an annual three day festival held during the first week of February. A good time to visit the Northern Province. Here the air is fresh and the evenings are rather cool. There is plenty to do and see at the biggest and best flower show in all of Thailand. There are beautiful Thai and Hill Tribe Girls in traditional dress aboard floats, decorated with a variety of exotic flowers. You can witness this joyous occasion with a beauty contest to celebrate the crowning of Miss Flower Festival Queen. Plenty of plants and flowers on display for sale.
Celebrating Makha BuchaDragon and Lion Parade is a fabulous festival celebrated in the town of Nakhon Sawan in Central Thailand by local Chinese ancestry. This most colourful procession which is accompanied by some lively marching bands with lots of dragon and lion dances, is a tradition to pay homage to the golden dragon deity in gratitude for his benevolence to mankind. It all ends with a beautiful dazzling display of light and sound. Makha Bucha is an important religious holiday for every one and is held during the time of the full moon of the third lunar month. 1,250 disciples gather at various temples around Thailand to pay homage to the Lord Buddha. This is a day of merit-making and sermons which ends with candle-lit processions around the temples. A most moving ceremony.
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