Bun Bang Fai, or the rocket festival, is a merit-making ceremony traditionally held throughout the northeastern region and in neighboring Laos Although Bun Bang Fai is held in many villages, the largest celebration occur at Yasothon.
The Bun Bang Fai Rocket festival is celebrated annually and culminates when home-made rockets are fired into the sky in a merit-making action that welcomes the beginning of the rainy season.
It is believed that the farther they go, the more rain will fall on the northeastern plateau, bringing good fortune and a bumper rice harvest.
Dating back to pre-Buddhist times the Bun Bang Fai is held around the May full moon, and is based on the notion that launching bamboo rockets skyward will initiate the rainy season and bring much needed water to the country's rice fields. Traditionally, rockets are constructed out of bamboos and stuffed with gunpowder, but today, many different materials are used, including PVC or metal piping. These rockets come in variety of sizes starting from foot-long bottle rockets to an absurd nine meters in length.
Bun Bang Fai, or the rocket festival, is a merit-making ceremony traditionally held throughout the northeastern region and in neighboring Laos Although Bun Bang Fai is held in many villages, the largest celebration occur at Yasothon.
The Bun Bang Fai Rocket festival is celebrated annually and culminates when home-made rockets are fired into the sky in a merit-making action that welcomes the beginning of the rainy season.
It is believed that the farther they go, the more rain will fall on the northeastern plateau, bringing good fortune and a bumper rice harvest.
Dating back to pre-Buddhist times the Bun Bang Fai is held around the May full moon, and is based on the notion that launching bamboo rockets skyward will initiate the rainy season and bring much needed water to the country's rice fields. Traditionally, rockets are constructed out of bamboos and stuffed with gunpowder, but today, many different materials are used, including PVC or metal piping. These rockets come in variety of sizes starting from foot-long bottle rockets to an absurd nine meters in length.
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