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 Yasothon
is famous for its boisterous Rocket Festival every May,when giant
home-made missiles are launched into the air in a symbolic rain-making
gesture.
In the town at Wat Mahathat,Phra That Yasothon is a much-visited
Lao-style chedi,said to be over 1,200 years old. It enshrines holy
relics of Phra Ananda,one of Lord Buddha's chief disciples. That
Kong Khao Noi is an ancient Khmer chedi with a much revered brick
and stucco Buddha that is ritually bathed every April. The handicraft
village of Ban Si Than is famed for the triangular pillows used
in most Thai households.
Yasothon has an area of 4,161 square kilometres. It is divided into
the following districts: Muang, Kham Khuean Kaeo, Maha Chana Chai,
Pa Tio, Loeng Nok Tha, Kut Chum, Kho Wang, Sai Mun and Thai Charoen.
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