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 Festival, Celebrations & Fairs Calendar |
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The Thai people love to to celebrate.
Each region of Thailand has its own distinctive festivals that will appeal to any incentive group. Parties and events can also be created to project the theme of your incentive programme. The choice is endless. So is our ability to stage the grandest spectacular show.
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 New Year's Day 01 January |
The official New Year's Day of Thailand has undergone several changes. Once it used to fall at the end of November. Later, during the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910) it was moved to a date round about April and then New Year's Day was changed to April the first. The universal practice of celebrating the new year on January 1 was adopted of changes aimed at modernizing the country. The majority of Thais still regard the middle of April (Songkran) as their new year's day, and on this auspicious occasion a week-long celebration is held throughout the kingdom. To be frank, a celebration on January 1 is not so popular as that of Songkran. |
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Royal Flora Ratchprhuek total year |
To celebrate the most auspicious occasions of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 60th Anniversary of His Majesty’s Accession to the Throne together with His Majesty’s 80th Birthday Anniversary.
His care and concern for the lives of the people, combined intimate knowledge and expertise in agriculture have resulted in the introduction and successful implementation of thousands of Royal Projects which have improved the quality of life for millions.
“Gardens for the King” will not only nourish the visitors’ eyes with cultural and horticultural beauty but will also enrich their minds with exotic cultures and knowledge of agricultural Royal Projects. |
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Children Day 11 January |
Children are considered as the most valuable resources of the nation. They are a powerful force in the development and stability of the nation. Normally, the age of children taking part in the celebrations should be less than 14 years old.
To prepare themselves to be strength of the nation, children should be industrious in their study, make use of their time wisely, being disciplined, deligent, helpful to each other, unselfish, being aware of right and duty and responsible towards the society. They should conserve the natural environment and public property. Aware of their own future and of the nation they will be called "Worthy Children" and the country will be prosperous. |
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Teacher Day 16 January |
In 1956 a Prime Minister suggested that as teachers were our benefactors and persons who gave light to our life they should have a day of their own so that their students would get an opportunity to pay respect to them. Welcoming opinions expressed through the media, which reported that a Teacher's Day should be held in order to remember their significance as the ones who make a great sacrifice and do good deeds for the benefit of the nation and the people as a whole Teachers' Day was set up in order to pay tribute to the teachers, to promote unity among teachers and to promote better understanding between teachers and the general public. |
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King Mengrai Festival, Chiang Rai 26 January - 01 February every year |
King Mengrai Festival This festival is held from January 26 - February 1 every year.
The festival features parades, cultural performances and competitions celebrating the founder of Chiang Rai and the Lanna Thai Kingkom.
King Mengrai was a strong independent and absolute ruler for many years, but his realm was just the size of what would be considered a mere principality in European history.
In 1287 when the Kublai Khan attacked the Burmese province of Pagan, King Mengrai feared that his realm would also be threatened and formed an alliance with Sukhothai, which was then Siam's capital. |
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Borsang Umbrella Festival 20-22 January every year |
Borsang near Chiang Mai is renowned for its hand-painted parasols made from mulberry paper and silk.
The dainty parasols are decorated with beautiful floral motifs painted in dazzling colours.
During the festival, brightly decorated craft shops and stores line the 'high street' transforming Ban Bo Sang into a picturesque village decorated in the Lanna Thai style.
Colourful umbrellas and traditional lanterns liven up the handicraft fair.
There are contests, exhibitions, cultural performances, and a variety of shows by day and night.
Enjoy also the grand procession of parasols and local products and the Miss Bo Sang pageant. |
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Chinese New Year 29 - 31January, every year |
The worship of Chinese deities, guardian spirits and ancestor worship are also central elements of Chinese New Year celebrations. Offerings are made in the hope of bestowing a good life, good times, health, wealth, prosperity as well as longevity in the New Year.
It is believed that when one’s parents and elderly relatives have passed on, they continue to exist in a spiritual realm and become guardian spirits who watch over the welfare and well-being of surviving family members but only for as long as they are remembered, honoured and appeased by descendants.
Special effort being made during this critical time, positively influences one’s good fortune and fate in the new year. |
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Handicraft Fair, Ban Tawai January - February |
One of the best known centers for wood carving around Chiangmai is at the village of Baan Thawai, just outside Hang Dong town, although many skilled carvers may be found all over Thailand.
Historically, most of the carvers were farmers who spent their free time making wooden objects, but now with the large number of export companies established in the village, carvers are employed from miles around. Shops in Thailand's major cities feature a wide range of carved wood products from exquisitely carved furniture to more common items, such as salad bowls, wooden trays and lamp stands.
A thriving export industry has grown from these products.
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Chiang Mai Flower Festival 02-04 February 2007 usually the first weekend in February |
Thailand's first Flower Festival was hosted by Chiang Mai in 1977 and was such a success that it was made into an annual event.
Many flower floats decorated with a beautiful array of floral species. Each flower, each petal, each shade of colour is carefully selected and positioned on the float to form patterns, words and pictures. Each float conveys message: some tell of Chiang Mai's rich heritage or the lifestyle Thai people; or show events of Buddha's life; scenes from history, contemporary ideas with abstract and modern designs. |
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Valentine Day February 14, Public Holiday |
In the Americas and Europe, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
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Khantok Chang Festival, Lampang the first weekend of February |
Held at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre every year on the first weekend of February. In this event, elephants are feasted with an assortment of their favourite fruits and vegetables served on a big northern style food tray called “Tok”. Talent shows from the elephants are also part of the activities.
The Thai Elephants Conservation Centre is a training school that teaches mahouts and elephant keepers on how to care for and train young elephants. It also has a facility that provides free veterinary services to sick and old elephants from all over the country. The centre is located in the Thung Kwian forest park in Hang Chat district, about 32 kilometres from Lampang town. |
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Dteen-jok Festival, Mae Jaem First weekend of February |
This festival is held in Mae Jaem, a district southwest of the province, and is well worth a visit for this annual event.
Weaving techniques will be demonstrated and prize fabrics will be on display. You can buy unusual traditional Thai textiles, crafts and souvenirs at very reasonable prices.
Among the activities are: demonstrations and competitions in the weaving of intricate tube skirts, the sale of all types of woven items and cultural performances.
Early in the morning visitors can see a procession of floats staged under the slopes of Doi Inthanon, Thailand's highest mountain.
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Strawberry & best of Samoeng Fair 2e week of February |
Samoeng will hold the annual strawberry fair at the district administration office . The event will be both in the day and at night and include various activities such as traditional dancing, a traditional products exhibition, strawberry field demonstrations and a Lanna music concert at night on the first day.
On the second day, there will be a som tam cooking and strawberry eating competition, shows of tribal cultures and there will be a Miss Strawberry Beauty Contest. The third day features a competition of strawberry products and the last day’s special event will be the marriage registration at Samoeng district administration office where each couple will receive a souvenir. |
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Magha Puja Day (start date: 25-03-2007 - end date: 25-03-2007) |
This important Buddhist holiday honors an event held more than 2,500 years ago when 1,250 of Buddha's disciples congregated to hear an important sermon. In the evening, when the full moon is rising in March, Buddhists gather at wats (temples) all over the country to hear a sermon. Merit-making (doing good deeds) ceremonies take place during the day at temples throughout the country, while at night triple candlelit processions are staged around monastery chapels. Buddhists carry flowers, lighted candles and joss sticks while walking around a Chedi (wat) at the temple three times under the full moon.
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Phra That Cho Hae Fair, Phrae around March |
Located at Tambon Pa Daeng, 9 kms. from Phrae town, and coated with thin Dok Buab gold sheet, having the height of 33 meters, width of each side of the base of 10 meters. The name Cho Hae is derived from a kind of grade satin, woven from Sib Song Parma Kingdom, wrapped around the pagoda as an offering. Worshipping the pagoda takes place on the middle of the fourth lunar month (sixth northern month) every year, involves a procession to carry robes to cover the Chedi. The procession follows Lanna style. |
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Poi Sang Long Festival, Mae Hong Son March |
Poi Sang Long is at its most vibrant and festive at Mae Hong Son's Wat Jong Klang and Wat Jong Kham temples. Traditionally, the candidate-novice, his head cleanly shaven and wrapped with head-cloth in the Burmese style, will don a prince-like garment and put on valuable jewels, gems and with facial make-up. On the ordination eve, a procession of offerings and other necessary personal belongings will be paraded through the town streets and then placed at the monastery where the ordination will take place the next day. |
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National Thai Elephant Day, Mae Rim 13 th of March every year |
Celebrated at the Maesa Elephant Camp in Mae Rim, the event is to remember the significance of the elephant, Thailand’s sacred animal, which played an important role in Thailand’s culture & tradition. Being working elephants for centuries, being used during war, transporting goods, logging in the teak-forests and other tasks. It is no coincidence that the elephant symbol is used in the Royal Household. No more than 3000 animals are still living in Thailand, half of them domesticated, the rest living a ‘wild life’ in the National Parks. |
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Chakri Day April 6, public holiday |
Commemorates the founding of the Chakri Dynasty in 1782 by King Rama I. In the new capital city of Bangkok, King Rama I built the Grand Palace. In addition, he helped release Thailand from the Burmese control, after Ayutthaya succumbed 14 years earlier.
In commemorating “Chakri Day,” the national flag is proudly displayed by the people of Thailand and both government officials and members of the community participate in traditional ceremonies, making offerings of flowers and garlands at the many statues of Kings in the House of Chakri.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the current King, known as King Rama IX or the ninth King of the Chakri dynasty. |
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Songkran Festival, Chiang Mai Ancient Tai- Indic
celebration: Traditional New Year |
Each year, the four-day celebration of Songkran consists of many activities, briefly explained below. Most important of all the Thai festivals and holidays. Songkran, traditional Thai New Year, is celebrated all over the country but nowhere with more enthusiasm than in Chiang Mai. Part is religious, merit-making ceremonies at local temples, and part is pure pleasure, good-natured water throwing, parades, and beauty contests.
It marks the beginning of a new astrological year, in keeping with the old lunar calendar of Siam. |
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Cricket Sixes Tournament, Gymkhana Club 01-0 7thApril, 2007 |
The Chiangmai International Cricket Sixes is one of the world's most popular amateur cricket tournaments.
The Chiang Mai Sixes successfully completed its 19th year! Click here for all the winners at this year's festival of cricket & friendship.
Congrats to the SBSL Cricketeers our Sixes Cup Champs for 2006. And many thanks to all the teams , guest stars and others who made it another great year in Chiang Mai.
We look forward to meeting again for the big 20th Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes birthday tournament, April 1- 7th 2007. Make a note! See you there! |
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Chiang Mai Art & Culture Festival first weekend of April |
Annual Art and Culture Festival featuring nine days of outdoor music, puppet shows and stage performances at Three Kings Monument, an Art Pavillion at Chiang Mai's Arts and Culture Centre, and other art demonstrations and exhibitions typical of the local Lanna art and culture. It has been the home of Thai artisans and the kingdom's centre of art and crafts for centuries.
Also a diverse and fascinating cultural showcase of traditional Thai art and craft, and handicrafts;
works of arts of the contemporary Lanna (northern) artists, dramas, cultural shows, concerts and sales of local products.
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National Labour Day 01 May |
Labor is the powerful necessity which produces the productions in the economic system. It could be presented to the progress of the economic in any countries. Thailand started to establish Labor Administration and the legislative act of labor in 1932.
To eulogize the labor of Thailand. The government has established May 1st of every year as the "Labor Day" like the most of Europe countries except America and Canada which established the first Monday of September of every year to be the "Labor Day". The objective of this day is to realize the employee's duty and responsibility. The government allows all employees skip work on this day. |
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Coronation Day 05 May , public holiday |
His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, crowned on 5th May 1950 as Rama IX, is the 9th king of the Chakri dynasty. Anniversary of this day has been observed as a public holiday ever since. In the present reign, Coronation Day is observed by a series of religious rites lasting for three days.
On the first day, the 3rd of May, a Buddhist ceremony at Amarindra Vinichai Hall in the Grand Palace is dedicated to the ancestors of the Chakri House, scriptures are chanted and a sermon is delivered by a high monk. On the second day, the ceremony consists of two parts - a Brahmanic one and a Buddhist one. The third day is Coronation Day. |
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Royal Ploughing Ceremony 16 May |
This Hindu-influenced festival marks the start of the rice-growing season and is attended by the King of Thailand. Officials in ceremonial dress lead sacred oxen and the Royal Plough around Sanam Luang park, interpreting omens to judge the abundance of the next rice crop. Sanam Luang, opposite the Royal Palace, is also called the Royal Field. It borders Thammasat University and Wat Mahaphat and features a small Goddess of the Earth statue. Around Lak Muang, a foundation stone laid by King Rama I in the southeastern corner, you may see lottery ticket sellers - the stone is thought to be lucky.
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Lychee Fair, Chiang Rai Annually in May |
Chiang Rai, Thailand's northernmost province, is known for the high quality of the lychees that grow in its orchards, and this fair celebrates the harvest season.
Celebrating the province’s tastiest fruits with a big agricultural fair organized at the main city fairground to display Chiang Rai's annual agricultural yields and produce, such as lychees, nanglae pineapples (which is actually available all year round), as well as other agricultural products.
This fair featuresnot only agricultural displays and exhibitions, but also local handicrafts, folk entertainment and beauty contests to select Miss Lychee.
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Song Nam Phra That Hariphunchai, Lamphun May |
Well-known event in Lamphun is the Song Nam Phra That Hariphunchai. Held to celebrate the province's principal religious site.
Wat Phra That Hariphunchai was built during the reign of King Arthitayarat, a descendant of Queen Chamthewi some 800 years ago. A principal landmark is the 46-metre tall golden Chedi whose present appearance was the result of the restoration work in 1443 by a king of Chiang Mai.
It has long been regarded as a major place of worship. Other architectural works include the ancient-style brick arch adorned with fine designs and the pair of sculptured lions at the door . There are also a square-shaped Chedi and a Khmer-style Buddha statue. |
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Doi Suthep Pilgrimage. Visakha Puja May or June |
The night of Visakha Bucha Day, worshippers gather to make the 7-kilometre pilgrimage to the temple on Doi Suthep.
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is one of the most important temples of Chiang Mai, revered among all.
Importance and location owes much to the legend.
A Buddha relic, which some say glowed, magically replicated before it was to be enshrined in the chedi at Wat Suan Dok. The "cloned" relic, placed on a sacred white elephant was allowed to roam where-ever it wanted.
Eventually climbed to the top of Doi Suthep, trumpeted three times, turned around three times, knelt down and died. Taken as a sign King Ku Na built the original of the chedi at the end of 14th century. |
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Visakha Puja Celebration May-June - The full moon day of Sixth lunar month |
This public holiday is the holiest of all the auspicious Buddhist religious days. It marks the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha, as the three things are said to have happened on the same day. All over the country people go to temples to make merit and listen to sermons delivered by revered monks. Shortly after sunset, candle circumambulations take place around major temples. If you are in Bangkok, or Thailand, on this day, observing the ceremonies at one of the temples is a good way to learn more about Buddhism and the life of Lord Buddha.
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Sao Inthakhin Festival -
Ancient City Pillar May-June |
The Legend says at a certain time in history Chiang Mai was beset by troubles, the God Indra gave the citizens a stone pillar. This sacred pillar allegedly represents the guardian power of Chiang Mai, protecting the city from danger, The city pillar, brings rain & encourage prosperity. Known as the Inthakhin Post, it has been standing at Wat Chedi Luang since 1800. Ceremonies are held annually, and devotees come to pray for good luck, peace and fertility.
The term "inthakhin" is derived from two Pali words, "Inda" and "Khila." Inda (in Pali) or Indra (Sanskrit) literally means the God Indra and Khila signigfies the pillar or post. |
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Seup Jata Muang Festival 4th day of waxing moon of 7th lunar month, June |
Named the Seup Jata Muang Festival, it is held on the 4th day of the waxing moon of the 7th lunar month. Offering are made to guardian spirits at the cardinal points of Chiang Mai city such as the gates, city pillar etc.
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Liang Pu Sae -Ya Sae Ceremony 14th day of waxing moon of 7th lunar month, June |
The Buffalo ceremony is named after two cannibalistic brothers, whose spirits are believed to be guarding Chiang Mai. Legend says that Lord Buddha persuaded them to give up their cannibalism, but allowed them to eat buffalo flesh once a year. Witness the ritual, colorful celebrations at Mae Hia,
west of Chiang Mai. At the beginning of the rainy season, at five o’clock in the morning slaughtering of buffalo, parades and processions through the pre-dawn forest, and demon-possessed villagers ripping with their teeth the flesh off recently slaughtered buffaloes, washing it down with rice whiskey. |
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Boon Bung Fai - Rocket Festival during the sixth or seventh lunar months |
Rainmaking festival held all over the north and north east of Thailand. The main ones in Chiang Mai are held at Wat Pa Tung and Wat Phra Non.
In the early morning, the contestants and/or teams take their rockets to the temple, competing for prizes for the best rocket design. In the afternoon the rockets are launched from a clearing nearby the temple. Unlike similar festivals in other parts of the country, the Chiang Mai versions only allow the use of natural materials - such a bamboo reinforced with hemp rope. No metal pipes or pre-built factory rocket kits are allowed.
The whole event can be quite lively with contestants invariably having an alcoholic drink during the festival. |
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Asalaha Puja Day (Full Moon Day of The Asalaha - the eighth lunar month) |
Celebrating Lord Buddha's first sermon Asalaha Puja, falling on the night of the full moon in July, is the third most important Buddhist holiday. It marks the occasion when Buddha preached to his first five disciples more than 2,500 years ago. Tradition says that Buddha was approached by farmers who asked that monks be barred from going on their morning rounds for a period of three months, because they were trampling on newly planted rice shoots. The farmers offered instead to take food to the monks at the temple during this period. The practice has continued ever since.
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 H.M. Queen Sirikit's Birthday 12 August |
An auspicious day for the Thai people, as it marks Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s birthday anniversary. This much-beloved queen who has dedicated her life to the well-being of the Thai people, alongside His Majesty King Bhumibol. As it is a national public holiday, civil servants and the general public take time off from work to celebrate and to express their respect and loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen. On auspicious of the royal birthday of Her Majesty the Queen, homes and public buildings throughout the Kingdom are decorated with glittering fairy lights as an expression of reverence and loyalty to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. |
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Longan Fair, Lamphun |
Longan, known in Thai as lamyai,is one of the prize fruits grown in northern Thailand, and the peak of the harvest season comes in Ausgust. This fair, held in the provincial capital of Lamphun about half an hour from Chiang Mai, features a contest to judge the best fruit and to select this year's Miss Lamyai, also several cultural and religious events to take place
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Salakpatt Festival - Tan Kuay Salak Sept - Oct |
Tan Kuay Salak means making merit by the offering lot in a bamboo basket, taking necessities to temples without designating which monk is to receive them. This festival varies slightly from place to place, however the focal point, is consistent: to earn religious merit. The purpose is giving the offering to angles and dead people and one reason is giving the offering to themselves when they die. The local faithful gather necessities - food, clothing and so on and deliver it to their local temple.
Just as the festival itself varies, so do the dates it is celebrated. Traditionally, though, Salakpatt takes place during September and October (Wan Pen Duan Sip-Song Nua - Duan Kiang Dab) |
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Awk Pansa - End of Buddhist Lent Begin October |
Marks the end of Lent and the monsoons. Temporarily ordained monks leave the temples and return home to help with the rice harvest. Festivities include a fireboat festival are also considered as a harvest festival.
Originally, for those who did not live by the water, Buddha's arrival back on earth was celebrated by preparing symbolic lodgings, however today by intricately carved castles made of wax, garlanded with flowers. Carried on palanquins and other conveyances in parades beginning and ending at local temples.
Those who lived closer to water, beliefs and past religious events were celebrated with Fireboats. Reua Fai were made of banana trunks or bamboo, bound together to make boat-shaped rafts. |
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Traditional Boat Races,
Nan October or November |
Boat-racing festivals are held in several provinces of Thailand. The Pichit, Phitsanulok and Narathiwat festivals are best known, other notable provinces include Nan, Angthong, Pathum Thani, Surat Thani and Ayutthaya.
This races are in Nan in October or November when the Nan River flows swiftly past the province, incorporated with the celebrations of the Black Ivory and the local Tod Kathin. Boats are dugouts made from large logs and beautifully decorated and manned by well-trained oarsmen. The racing boats are lustily cheered on by spectators lining both banks of the river. Impromptu narration of professional announcers makes the event even more boisterous and plenty of fun. |
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Tak Bat Devorohana Procession 1st day of waning moon of 11th lunar month |
Celebrates return of Buddha to earth from heaven where he had been teaching his mother.
Particularly celebrated at the various hillside temples - especially at Wat Fai Hin near the Chiang Mai University.
Monks walk down to receive alms at 6 a.m.
The merit-making ritual called "Tak Bat Devo", which originates from "Devorohana". Based on the Buddhist concept of reincarnation; the belief that upon death an individual passes on to another life, and that a person's destiny is determined by the meritorious acts or good deeds performed in the present life. This belief, making merit by presenting offerings to monks is known as "Tak Bat". The "bat" is the bowl in which the alms and offerings are placed. |
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Commemoration of his Majesty King Chulalongkorn October 23 |
King Rama V inherited the throne from his father, King Monkut (Rama IV) in 1868. Thailand was governed by regency for the first five years of his reign, in which the boy King took advantage to travel the world. His father, one of Siam's most educated monarchs, recognized the need of education and the importance of the western world. Understanding the threat of colonization, he instilled these principles in his son. He visited the major western powers, learned their cultures, traditions, political organization, technology and made political friends, to prevent colonization. The last days of regency he became a monk, leaving the monastery days before attaining absolute power 16-10-1873. |
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Chong Para Procression, Mae Hong Son around October |
Chong Phara in the Thai Yai dialect means a castle made of wood, covered with colourful perforated papers and decorated with fruits, flags and lamps. It is placed in the courtyard of a house or a monastery as a gesture to welcome the Lord Buddha on his return from giving sermons to his mother in heaven, according to traditional belief. To celebrate the occasion dances are performed in animal costumes. The rite is held during the post rain retreat season from the full-moon day of the 11 the Lunar month (around October) to the waxing moon night of the same month.
In October (duan sipet) the festival of Hen Som Go Ja is held, making offerings to relatives who have already passed away. |
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Loi Krathong Festival usually in mid-November |
As the full moon of the twelfth lunar month lights up the night sky, hundreds of thousands of decorated krathong or traditional banana leaf floats are set adrift in rivers and waterways in a spell-binding ritual called 'Loi Krathong'.
Krathong floats in the shape of lotus blossoms are most popular and made from materials easily found in each locality. In Tak province, banana-leaf floats are replaced by coconut shells threaded together, and launched simultaneously on the Ping River, hence the origin of its name, "Loi Krathong Sai". |
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Sunflower Blossom Festival - Bua Tong Festival Each year in November |
The hillsides of Amphoe Khum Yuam and Amphoe Mae Sariang are filled with a host of golden Bua Tong or wild sunflower blooms. As gay as a daisy and almost as a sunflower, the Bua Tong only blossoms about 30 days. This enough reason for Mae Hong Son provincial to hold the Bua Tong Blossom Festival at Amphoe Khun Yuam.
Finally, the golden blooms become part of the scene. Some specialists have classified these Bua Tong as weed and because of this, they may be cleared to make way for cash crops. Fortunately a group of researchers have discovered the flower's insect-repellent properties. And perhaps that is why the Bua Tong, a symbol of Mae Hong Son, is still preserved on the hillsides. |
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 H.M. King Bumiphol's Birthday 05 December |
His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, or King Rama IX, ascended the throne on 9th June 1946, and is the world's longest reigning monarch. His birthday is marked by love and reverence by Thai people throughout the kingdom, as
the King has won a special place in their hearts through his combination of devotion to welfare and development and a keen understanding and awareness of political and social issues. As an institution His Majesty has provided a firm foundation for the country to weather the trials and turmoil that have beset the region since the end of World War II. Today His Majesty plays a central role in a wide spectrum of national and social development.
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Constitution Day 10 December, public holiday |
Previously the government of Thailand was an absolute monarchy, until 24-06-1932 there was a transition led by intellectuals educated abroad, inspired by the concept of western democratic procedures. To avoid bloodshed, King Rama VII agreed to abolish absolute monarchy and handed over the country's first Constitution. All Thai constitutions recognise the King as Head of State, Armed Forces, Upholder of All Religions and sacred, inviolable in his person. His Majesty the King's sovereign power emanates from the people and is exercised in three ways; legislative power through the National Assembly, executive power through the Cabinet and Judicial power through the law courts. |
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Golden Orange & Red Cross Fair, Nan Mid-December |
Nan The fair is held annually around mid-December at the Provincial Stadium.The golden orange, with golden peel and a sweet taste, is a famous crop of Nan Province. The orange's gold color results from the difference between day time and night time temperature. Main features in the fair include beauty contests, Golden orange parade contest, Contest, booths displayed by the government and private sectors, and various entertainment.
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Red Cross & Winter Fair,
Chiang Mai end of December |
This annual fair is a large and splendid provincial event for much of the province's agricultural population. Entertainment galore, games and activities. The biggest crowd pleaser is the Miss Chiangmai Beauty Pageant held in the evening and nationally televised. This site of this year's fair is behind the Chiangmai Provincial Hall, Chiangmai-Mae Rim Road. Visitors will be charmed by the Fair, as it is a step back in time from today's frantic pace to a calmer, gentler rural part of life, where the farmer, the farming community and the village set the tempo of existence. Even today the Red Cross and Winter Fair is very much a demonstration by country folk of country life. |
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