Other Loy Krathong holiday traditions include setting eels and turtles free in the river or pond. Your children may have fun doing this. You’ll find them being sold near the water. The Loy Krathong holiday is also celebrated with beauty pageants.
The grandest Loy Krathong celebrations are in Chiang Mai. Enjoy the parades with large floats fashioned as giant krathongs each with their own theme. Many of the celebrants on the floats dress in regal Thai costumes or as mythical Thai beings, and you’re also likely to see beauty queens waving to the crowd.