[A Prayer on Fire Water - Chiang Mai, North Thailand]

Chiang Mai was full of coloured lights, fire works and lanterns for this Loi Kratong Festival. On the last 2 days of the festival people came to the river and (probably over a prayer or wish) float a small lit candle (Loi Kratong) down the river, similar to what the Indians do on the Ganges River in Varanasi.

Thankfully however, this Thai Loi kratong is mostly made of organic materials such as hard baked bread, banana leaves, clay etc.

The lanterns and fireworks are ofcourse not. Many cities in Thailand ban these due to fire hazards but Chiang Mai is well known to celebrate it in full force. A night sky full of lanterns is like viewing a cosmos full of new stars...

Personally, fireworks get rather tedious after 30min of ear blasting and they surely aren't funny while sleeping at 3am during a working week.

Lanterns in Trees- a fire hazard but also considered to bring bad luck!

Loi Kratongs floating down river

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