Spring in Thailand brings a vibrant array of festivals that showcase the country's rich culture and traditions. Here are 5 spectacular spring festivals to experience in Thailand in 2025:
1. Songkran Water Festival
Songkran, Thailand's most famous festival, will be celebrated from April 13 to 15, 2025
This nationwide water festival marks the Thai New Year with exuberant water fights, traditional ceremonies, and cultural performances.
Songkran is a time for adults and children alike to indulge in the Thai concept of sanuk – having fun. Oversized plastic water guns are often the weapon of choice.
As well as dousing each other with water, one of the most important traditions of Songkran includes cleaning Buddha images. Locals will throw water as Buddha images are paraded through the streets.
Visitors can expect:
Massive water battles in the streets
Temple visits for spiritual cleansing
Sand pagoda building as a merit-making activity
Parades and folk performances
2. Rocket Festival (Bun Bang Fai)
Rocket festival
The Rocket Festival, or Bun Bang Fai, will take place in Yasothon from May 9 to 11, 2025
One of the most spectacular festivals in Thailand, Bung Ban Fai, or rocket festival, is more than just a giant fireworks display. This ancient tradition marks what Thai people hope will be the start of the rains which are so crucial to their rice harvest.
. This unique festival features:
Homemade rocket competitions
Colorful parades
Traditional music and dance performances
Local food and craft markets
3. Royal Plowing Ceremony
This ancient Brahmin ritual, usually held in May, marks the beginning of the rice-growing season
. The ceremony includes:
Sacred oxen plowing the royal fields
Scattering of rice seeds by court Brahmins
Rituals to predict the coming year's harvest
4. Visakha Bucha (Buddha's Birthday)
Visakha Bucha Day takes place on the full moon day of the Indian lunar month of Visakha.
This is probably the most important days on the Buddhist calendar. The day celebrates the birth, enlightenment, and passing away of Buddha.
Candlelit processions around temples
Merit-making activities
Alms-giving to monks
Meditation sessions
5. Phi Ta Khon (Ghost Festival)
Phi Ta Khon, known as "Ghost Festival," is one of the major celebrations in Thailand. It takes place in Dan Sai town of the Loei Province of northeastern Thailand in mid-June. Loei people observe Phi Ta Khon in memory of Prince Vessandorn, who was a former Buddha. It's nice that Loei people will be happy to share details of the celebration with you. So, take your camera and keep a record of this moment.
It takes place in Dan Sai town of the Loei Province of northeastern Thailand in mid-June.
International cultural exchanges
mask-wearing partygoers
Music performances
Food festivals showcasing Thai cuisine
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