Bo
Sang Umbrella Festival is held in January in Bo Sang Handicraft Centre. The festival
features paper products, paper parasols in particular, cultural shows, a parade
showing traditional ways of life, and several contests. Flower
Festival is held in February. The festival includes ornamental garden flower contests,
floral floats parade in the morning and beauty pageants. The parade begins at
Chiang Mai Railway Station and passes Nawarat Bridge and ends at Nong Buak Hat
Park. Songkran
Festival is held annually from 13 to 15 April. The 13th of April is the Great
Songkran day featuring the revered Phra Phutthasihing Buddha image parade around
Chiang Mai town for bathing, sand pagoda making, blessing of elders, and water
splashing. Doi
Suthep Pilgrimage On the night of Visakha Bucha Day, worshippers gather to light
candles and make the 7-kilometre pilgrimage up to the temple on Doi Suthep. City
Pillar Inthakin Festival is held to invoke blessings of peace, happiness and prosperity
for the city and its residents. Buddha images are paraded around the city. It
is held at Wat Chedi Luang for 7 auspicious days and nights in the 7th lunar month.
Yi Peng
Festival is held annually on Loi Krathong day. It is a very interesting event
of Chiang Mai. The festival features the release of lanterns into the sky to worship
the gods. There are also fireworks, lantern contests, and beauty pageants.
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