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Yi Peng Festival
Yi Peng Festival is held annually on Loi Krathong day. It is a very
interesting event of Chiang Mai. The festival features launching
lanterns into the sky to worship the gods. There are also fireworks,
lantern contests, and beauty pageants.
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Sang Umbrella Festival
Bo Sang Umbrella Festival is held in January in Bo Sang Handicraft
Centre. The festival features paper products, paper parasols in
particular, cultural shows, a parade showing traditional ways of
life, and several contests.
City Pillar Inthakin Festival
City Pillar Inthakin Festival is held to invoke blessings of peace,
happiness and prosperity for the city and its residents. Buddha
images are paraded around the city. It is held at Wat Chedi Luang
for 7 auspicious days and nights in the 7th lunar month.
Doi Suthep Pilgrimage
On the night of Visakha Bucha Day, worshippers gather to light candles
and make the 7-kilometre pilgrimage up to the temple on Doi Suthep.
Flower Festival
Flower Festival is held in February. The festival includes ornamental
garden flower contests, floral floats parade in the morning and
beauty pageants. The parade begins at Chiang Mai Railway Station
and passes Nawarat Bridge and ends at Nong Buak Hat Park.
Songkran Festival
Songkran Festival is held annually from 13 to 15 April. The 13th
of April is the Great Songkran day featuring the revered Phra Phutthasihing
Buddha image parade around Chiang Mai town for bathing, sand pagoda
making, blessing of elders, and water splashing.
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