Loy
Kratong
Loy Kratong, or the "thanking of the mother of the waters", is essentially a harvest festival and the second most important event in the Thai Calendar. This year Loy Kratong is on Wednesday, 5th of November 2025.
To thank the waters for raining on the paddy fields and so producing a bountiful crop, each and every person places a little shrine made from banana leaves and decorated with flowers, incense and candles onto the surface of a river, lake or canal. As we live beside the Maekong river, the significance of water has greater meaning, and so our festival is pleasingly special. |