Monday, November 10, 2008

(Yi Peng) Lantern Festival





The Lantern Festival in Northern Thailand is called Yi Peng Festival.  It is a unique traditional practice and the northern version of Loy Kratong. This is an unusual ritual of launching a Lanna- Style hot air "lantern balloons". The belief has it that when these huge hot air balloons are set to drift and float away and take the troubles of the launcher with it

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