Activities in Pattaya
05-12-2007 : : King’s Birthday
King’s Birthday is the 5th of December and a national holiday. The King is much revered and the majority of the country holds candles while singing the King’s anthem that evening. His birthday is celebrated by all Thais, while homes and buildings are adorned with lights and fireworks light up the night’s sky.
15-05-2007 : : Buddha’s Birthday
Buddha’s Birthday is the 15th of May. Local Wats (Buddhist Temples) celebrate by holding candlelit processions. A tourist may take part in these parades and it can prove great fun.
15-04-2007 : : Chonburi
Chonburi Festival in mid-April is an annual activity organised by the people of Chonburi since 1932. The festival combines the festivals of Puttha Sihing, Songkran and the Red Cross Fair together into one. Its activities include a procession for venerating the Pra Puttha Sihing Buddha image, water pouring for the elders, folk games, Khon or classical masked-dances from the Department of Fine Arts, cultural performance, exhibitions and stalls. The festival aims to conserve and promote local customs as well as to instill a sense of value for the cultural heritage. Well worth a visit if you are in the area and Chonburi isn
* Location : Pattaya
00-00-0000 : : Chonburi Buffalo Races
Is held in Chon Buri during October every year. The water buffalo is one of the mainstays in the life of a Thai farmer, but in this annual event it is put to more amusing uses than ploughing the local fields, such as buffalo races and contests pitting buffalo and man. Beauty contests add to the fun a festival that attracts crowds from nearby seaside resorts.
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00-00-0000 : : Pattaya festival
Pattaya festival puts on its most festive face for this annual event, held in April at the height of the summer season. The festival involved an extensive calendar of sporting events and contests such as a Grand Prix and go-kart racing, sailing regattas, windsurfing, fishing and beauty competitions as well as stalls selling local food and crafts, and a spectacular display of fireworks on the beach.
* Location : Pattaya
00-00-0000 : : Songkran
Songkran is a wet and wild water festival held in mid-April. Songkran was traditionally celebrated by bathing Buddha images and the showing respect to monks and elders at the Lunar New Year. It has since evolved into a frenetic national water fight for anyone who decides to venture outdoors. This has to be one of the friendliest, though wet, festivals anywhere and a great way to make new friends.
* Location : Pattaya
00-00-0000 : : Loy Kratong
Loy Kratong is held on the full moon in either late October or early November. This is one of the most picturesque and endearing festivals of Thailand All over the country, little floats (kratong) are made from banana trunks, flowers and candles and set afloat on the water. This symbolizes the casting away of troubles and a call for a happy future. As the moon rises in the evening people converge around bodies of water throughout the country to release their kratongs.
* Location : Pattaya