Long Boat-Racing Festival is held every year in September or October when the water level is at highest. The festival is held by local people who live near rivers in Phisanulok ,Nan, Phichit, Ang-Tong, Ayutthaya,Pathum-Thani, and Nong Khai.These provinces have big rivers flowing past.In the past they arranged Long boat-Racing Festival to prepare and make Thai men strong for war , but now it is one of many popular Thai sports.