Famous Festival
They have various kinds of festival. The major festivals are as follows.
Songkran Festival
Check what Songkran Festival looks likeSongkran Festival, that is held from 13th to 15 in April, the hottest season in Thailand. The festival is well-known as " Water Festival " also .
The period of Songkran Festival is a new year in Thailand, and the day before, they say that people have a big cleaning. (Same as a big cleaning for a new year on the 31th in Dec. in Japan.)
Have a wild and wonderful time, and be careful if you go to this festival because it'll be packed with local people and tourists from overseas and they try to shoot water to everyone else !
(Check what Songkran Festival looks like)
Loy Krathong Festival
Check what Loy Krathong Festival looks likeOne of the most fascinating and popular festivals in Thailand is this "Loy Krathong".
(This looks similar "Toro-Nagashi" in Japan.)
This festival is taken place at night on the full moon in November (in December on the lunar calendar).
People go down to their local canal or river and float their "krathongs" (lotus-shaped or boat-shaped ones, usually decorated with banana leaves, candles and so on) to say thank you to the god of water or water itself and at the same time to throw away their misfortune and purify their souls.
(Check what Loy Krathong Festival looks like)