http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com Thailand, The Country and its People Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:15:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/h-m-the-queens-birthday-mothers-day-thailand/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/h-m-the-queens-birthday-mothers-day-thailand/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:00:30 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=4594 Aug 12th is a National Holiday as the Thai people celebrate H.M.The Queen’s Birthday. Aug 12th is quite appropriately also Mother’s Day in Thailand as Queen Sirikit is affectionately considered to be the Mother of the Thai Nation. All over Thailand, many streets will be festooned with flowers and flags and photographs of H.M. Queen [more]]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/h-m-the-queens-birthday-mothers-day-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/buddhist-festival-asaha-bucha-day/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/buddhist-festival-asaha-bucha-day/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:57:33 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=4536 The Buddhist Festival of Asaha Bucha is one of the most important festivals in the Buddhist calendar. Asaha Bucha day celebrates the occasion of the first sermon given by the Lord Buddha. This Buddhist Festival also commemorates the birth of the Sangha. The Sangha refers to a group of people who have achieved enlightenment, either [more]]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/buddhist-festival-asaha-bucha-day/feed/ 1 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/makha-bucha-buddhist-holidays/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/makha-bucha-buddhist-holidays/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:25:28 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=3919 Makha Bucha is one of the 3 major Buddhist Holidays in Thailand. Buddhist holidays are calculated on the Lunar Calendar and this year, 2010, Makha Bucha falls on Sunday 28th February. Makha Bucha is also a national holiday in Thailand but because it falls on a Sunday this year, the national holiday will be on Monday 1st March. Makha Bucha is Pali, Makha meaning the 3rd Lunar month, and Bucha which means to honour, and the holiday commemorates two events that took place during the life of the Lord Buddha. Both events quite amazingly occurred on the night of the full moon of the 3rd Lunar month but 45 years apart.]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/makha-bucha-buddhist-holidays/feed/ 0 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/chinese-new-year-festival-2010-year-of-the-tiger/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/chinese-new-year-festival-2010-year-of-the-tiger/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:12:40 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=3508 The Chinese New Year Festival 2010 which this year fell on Valentines Day, the traditional day for lovers, ushered in the Year of the Tiger. The Year of the Tiger promises to be a difficult year for many but in Thailand at least, all worries were put aside as the Chinese and Thai people painted the country red as they celebrated the Lunar New Year in style]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/chinese-new-year-festival-2010-year-of-the-tiger/feed/ 1 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/kings-birthday-fathers-day-thailand/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/kings-birthday-fathers-day-thailand/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:34:59 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=1905 Saturday 5th December 2009 is the 82nd Birthday of H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the reigning constitutional monarch of Thailand. It is also Father's Day in Thailand and a National Holiday. King Bhumibol Adulyadej was born on the 5th December 1927 and became King of Thailand on the 9th June 1946, becoming the 9th King of the Chakri Dynasty. The Coronation ceremony was held on the 5th May 1950. H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the longest serving monarch on the throne of Thailand.]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/kings-birthday-fathers-day-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/loy-krathong/ http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/loy-krathong/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:58:44 +0000 admin http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=645 Loy Krathong is a nationwide Thai Festival. Loy Krathong begins on the full moon night of the 12th Lunar month which usually occurs in November. Loy means "to float" and a Krathong is a banana leaf cup. The first Loy Krathong festival was held in Sukhothai in the 13th Century but is now celebrated throughout Thailand particularly in Chiang Mai, where the Festival is also known as Yi Peng, Sukhothai, Ayutthaya and Bangkok.]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/festivals/loy-krathong/feed/ 1