by Tony in Thailand | Jul 15, 2019 | Festivals
Candles to a Village Wat A Mini-Post With the start of Buddhist Lent happening tomorrow there are lots of small celebrations happening over the next few days. This was one we joined unplanned as it passed our home. One of the pleasures of living in a village is...
by Tony in Thailand | Jul 10, 2019 | Festivals
Isan Street Party Faces I am constantly amazed at the number of people who come up to me when I am involved in a street party to have their photo taken. Often it starts with a couple of kids and next things you’ve got half the crowd involved. This post is a...
by Tony in Thailand | Jul 10, 2019 | Festivals
Live Party Music Option 1 If you are living in Isan you will have the option to join in many street parties and there are four live music options you will be dancing to. I am going to be covering three of them in a series of posts starting with this one. The missing...
by Tony in Thailand | May 29, 2019 | Festivals
Party Time in Our Village Our local Bun Bang Fai street party Having prepared the saling (motorbike and sidecar) yesterday ready for it’s outing in the moo ban’s Bun Bang Fai street party, see my previous post HERE, it was time to dress-up, makeup and play-up! A truly...
by Tony in Thailand | May 27, 2019 | Festivals, Living in Isaan
A Motorbike with Accessories The start of our Bun Bang Fai Festival I am going to cover three days of activities for Bun Bang Fai (the Isan rocket festival) in our own moo ban (village). This will be different from other posts I have written on the subject because it...
by Tony in Thailand | May 21, 2019 | Festivals
Bun Bang Fai Rockets From the factory to the skies - published 21 May 2019 Bun Bang Fai is an Isan (a region in the northeast of Thailand) rocket festival timed to encourage the rains to arrive for the start of the rice harvest. After the street party day one we move...
by Tony in Thailand | May 20, 2019 | Festivals
Bun Bang Fai - Ban Sa-At Another rocket festival street party - published 19 May 2019 Bun Bang Fai is an Isan (a region in the northeast of Thailand) rocket festival timed to encourage the rains to arrive for the start of the rice harvest. In fact it has a lot of...
by Tony in Thailand | Sep 24, 2018 | Festivals, Living in Isaan
It’s not really a respect for the past sort of heading photo is it! I couldn’t come up with anything better and these children formed a fun part of the morning so let’s respect the past by embracing the joy of the future as represented by these...
by Tony in Thailand | Jul 28, 2018 | Festivals, Living in Isaan
This is the second of my blogs to capture some of the events that are happening right now in our part of Thailand, the northeast a region called Isaan. Mushrooms and monks may seem like an odd combination but they are both at the top of the to-do list for many people...
by Tony in Thailand | Jul 8, 2018 | Festivals, Living in Isaan
Every year in the small town of Dan Sai, in the hills of Loei province, a three-hour drive from us, a unique festival is held called Phi (Spirit) Ta Khon or Ghost Mask festival. It is an event I have been wanting to attend for several years but each time something...
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