Loy Kratong Festival '08

Loy Kratong is an annual Festival here where people set into flight paper bags with a fire ring inside.

It signifies the releasing of ones sins of the past.

They also make and float flower rings down the river - which has the same meaning.










Here we are in the front of our house-lighting our khrom loy. We have been told that lighting these is becoming more of a cultural celebration than religious ritual.

A local loy kratong floating candle stand.

"You need to buy this"

In front of a Chinese Temple along the parade route.

The beginning of the Parade--it lasted about an hour.

Lots of singing and dancing and trucks carrying generator asto power the lights on the floats!!