Boon
Bung Fai Festival (Rocket Festival)
In June of every year, the town hosts the exuberantly
celebrated Boon Bung Fai Festival (Rocket Festival)
amidst a carnival atmosphere. The two-day event
is staged to ensure plentiful rains during the
coming rice-planting season. The first day features
a parade of carnival floats and huge, colorful
bamboo rockets made by the locals themselves,
as well as fairs, music and folk entertainment.
The huge, homemade rockets are then launched
on the second day.
holy Erawan Cave Pilgrimage
The annual, holy Erawan Cave Pilgrimage pays
homage to the Buddha image situated in the cave
perched atop a mountain in April. |
