Celebrations festivals and holidays posts from around the world
Where do all those colorful paper lanterns come from during Yee Peng? If you’ve been reading my previous posts about arriving into Chiang Mai for Yee Peng’s sky lantern festival then you’ll have known how I discovered the lantern maker. I may have taken a long time to actually venture in, but now that I …
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Yee Peng’s big parade in Chiang Mai Two full days of festival in (Nov 16th & 17th) or rather two full nights of festival later and it’s now day three of the Yee Peng celebrations in Chiang Mai. After an exceedingly long sleep in the streets of Chiang Mai looked as if there was something …
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What’s Loi Krathong like in Chiang Mai? So the day before (16th November) was the awesome paper lantern release that kicks of Yee Peng in Chiang Mai. So today (17th) it’s officially the national Thai festival of Loi Krathong. Which is also a part of Yee Peng in Northern Thailand. It’s probably easier just to …
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What is Yee Peng & Loi Krathong like in Thailand? I’ll cover a more personal story of how I got to the Yee Peng sky lantern festival in Chiang Mai in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, while it’s still fresh in my memory, I wanted to write about what it was like to attend all three …
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Travel Tip: The following is my personal account of visiting Boudhanath, do enjoy it! However if you are looking for information on how to get there, maps, entrance fees, highlights and much more do check out my full Boudhanath Stupa travel guide. Buddha’s Birthday celebrations at Boudhanath Nepal (Buddha Purnima) Buddha was born in Lumbini Nepal circa 563 …
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Maha Shivaratri in Nepal Shivaratri is an annual Hindu festival popular in both India and Nepal. Of all the many festivals in Nepal this is probably my favorite for many reasons. The primary being that there not too many tourists around as it’s usually held in the second or third months of the year which is the …
Continue reading “Shivaratri in Nepal: festival of Shiva with sadhus, crowds & hashish”
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Nepal’s Holi festival takes place every year If you live in a country that has a Hindu population, or enjoy looking at websites that publish lots of photos you might well recognize the Holi festival due to its dazzling colors. The annual Holi festival takes place over the course of a week including in Nepal where it’s a national …
Continue reading “Help save the Holi festival of color and fun in Nepal”
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