Lychee
Fair
May 2000 Provincial Stadium, Chiang Rai
Chiang Rai is known for its high quality of lychees that grow in this
northernmost province of Thailand. Each year, to celebrate the harvest of the fruit, a
fair is held featuring sales and exhibitions of lychees, other agricultural products and
local handicrafts, as well as a Miss Lychee beauty competition and cultural performances. |
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Rayong,
Chanthaburi,Trat Fruit Fairs 2000
May 2000 Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat
The eastern provinces of Rayong, chanthaburi and Trat are known for their
abundance of tropical fruits such as rambutan, durian, mangosteen, and zalacca. When the
fruits are at the peak of luscious ripeness, afair is held in which the locals sill fruits
from the surrounding orchards together with other local products. Spectacular colourfu;
f;pats decorated with fruit and flowers are paraded through the streets of these
provincial capitals. Beauty pageants, fruit contests, local handictafts and agricultural
produce dis[lays, as well as cultural performances and folk entertainment can alsp be
enjoyed by all. |
Thailand International Food
Exhibition 2000 & Thailand International Muslim Food Exhibition 2000
Thai cuisine has become internationally renowned, and in recent years Thailand
has also become a major food exporter and manufacturer. In confirming Thailand's role as
such, this festival features demonstrations of food preparation, exhibitions and sales of
food as well as related mettings. |
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Visakha
Puja
May 17,2000 Nationwide
Thisis the holiest of all the auspicious Buddhist religious days, marking the
brith, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. all over the country, people go to temples
to listen to sermons by revered monks and make merit. Shortly after sunset, candlelit
circumambulations take place around major temples. |
Royal
Ploughing Ceremony
May 15,2000 Sanam Luang, Bangkok
An ancient Brahman ritual, conducted at Sanam Luang, in which farmers believe is
able to forecast the abundance of the next rice crop. The event is a result of a series of
ceremonies that are conducted by Pharaya Raek Na, portrayed by a high-ranking official
from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives who wears colourful traditional
costumes. This ceremony was re-introduced in 1960 by H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej and is
considered the official commencement of the rice-growing season. |
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Yasothon Bun
Bangfai Rocket Festival
May 13-14,2000 Phaya Thaen Park, Yasothon
Traditionally, northeastern villagers have created and launched rockets of all
kinds and sizes as a belief that this will ensure that the gods will send plenty of rain
for the rice planting season. As part of this two-day festival, there are beauty pageants
and various forms of folk and cultural entertainment full of merriment.
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