{"id":2815,"date":"2018-05-09T08:20:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T06:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2018-05-09T08:20:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T06:20:54","slug":"rocket-festivals-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2815-rocket-festivals-thailand","title":{"rendered":"Rocket festivals in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May in Thailand, you have the opportunity to attend surprising festivals, the <strong>rocket festivals<\/strong> especially organised in North-eastern Thailand, also known as <em>Isan<\/em>, a region where almost all communities have their own rocket festival and\u00a0Northern Thailand. Off course there are some places where the event is bigger and attracts more people\u00a0but they all are very festive moments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yasothon-rocket-festival-38.jpg\" alt=\"yasothon festival des fus\u00e9es\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Rocket Festivals in Thailand<\/h2>\n<p>When I talk about rocket festivals, or Bun Bang Fai festivals (<em>\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e13\u0e35\u0e1a\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e44\u0e1f<\/em>), don&#8217;t expect to see a big event about space conquest\u00a0and ships to explore March, the rockets here are homemade black powder rockets.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket festival marks the beginning of the rainy season in Thailand and aims to appease the spirits of the rain. It would ensure people will be blessed with abundant rain for\u00a0their rice plantations. According to egends, the origins of this ancient tradition goes back to the pre-Buddhist era and the rockets have only been introduced in the 9th century when the powder became known in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations usually last 3-4 days and include music and dance performances, parades in the streets with\u00a0dancers and musicians and floats on the second day and end on the third day with the launch of the rockets from the morning to the evening.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, there is\u00a0a rocket competition rewarding the one\u00a0that went the highest and the furthest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yasothon-rocket-festival-74.jpg\" alt=\"festival fus\u00e9es thailande\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yasothon-rocket-festival-71.jpg\" alt=\"rocket festival thailande\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yasothon-rocket-festival-94.jpg\" alt=\"yasothon festival fus\u00e9es\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this video (in French), I showed you, the <strong>Yasothon Rocket Festival 2017<\/strong>. Yasothon helds the most famous Rocket Festival in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_jqS84SHSzg\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The main rocket festivals<\/h2>\n<p>The biggest Rockets festivals in Thailand take place in Isan. The most famous one, as I said before, is\u00a0<a href=\"\/en\/events-thailand\/yasothon-rocket-festival-91\"><strong>Yasothon Bun Bang Fai Festival<\/strong><\/a>. Otherwise, the most know are held in Kalasin, Roi Et, Sisaket, Mahasarakham or Nong Khai. I give you the dates and programs of the 3 events that are for me the most important.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Yasothon Rocket Festival (11 &#8211; 13 May 2018)<\/h3>\n<p>As said, the Yasothon Rocket Festival is Thailand&#8217;s best-known rocket festival.<\/p>\n<p>I was there last year and I can confirm that the last 2 days are the most interesting with the big parade of floats, dancers and musicians on Saturday on Chaeng Sanit Road and rockets launched at Phaya Thaen Park on Sunday (from 8:00 am). There are also entertainment, traditional dances and food stalls\u00a0near\u00a0Yasothon&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0Giant Toad Museum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yasothon.jpg\" alt=\"crapaud yasothon\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information and to have the detailed program, you can contact Ubon Ratchatani TAT office at +66 45 243 770.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Kalasin Rocket Festival (19-20 May 2018)<\/h3>\n<p>The festival is not held in the city of Kalasin itself but in the Kuchinarai district about fifteen kilometers from the city.<\/p>\n<p>There will be parade and dances on Saturday (15:30 &#8211; 18:00) and Sunday from 8:00 am the rockets launch until 18:00. Kalasin is famous for its\u00a0huge circular rockets that can go very high in the sky. Really impressive and a little scary I must confess !<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/en\/events-thailand\/roi-et-rocket-festival-217\">Roi Et Rocket Festival<\/a> (28-30 May 2018)<\/h3>\n<p>Here too the festival does not take place in Roi Et city but in the province. There are several events in fact, in Suwannaphum district and Phanom Prai district for instance. Here I give you the information about Phanom Prai&#8217;s festival.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>29 May 2018<\/strong> at 10 am: Opening Ceremony at 10 am followed by the parade of dancers and musicians.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>30 May 2018<\/strong> from 8am onwards, rockets launch\u00a0in Ban Don Phran and results of the best rocket contest announced at 4pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rocket launches will depend on the weather. And\u00a0be careful, don&#8217;t get to close as these homemade rockets can fall faster than expected or explode.<\/p>\n<p>These festivals are an opportunity to discover Isan and the cities and provinces of the 3 main events that I quote in this article. You will find all the information to organize your stay in Roi Et or Yasothon on this\u00a0website in the section <em>&#8220;Cities and Islands&#8221;<\/em> with\u00a0accommodation or transportation search.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The nearest Rocket Festival from Bangkok\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>There is also a Rocket Festival held near <strong>Lopburi<\/strong> in Central Thailand. It is the nearest Bun Bang Fai Festival from Bangkok and will take place on 12 &#8211; 13 May 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to the exact location :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gSeLLBeI1r\">https:\/\/t.co\/gSeLLBeI1r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May in Thailand, you have the opportunity to attend surprising festivals, the rocket festivals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-festivals-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2816,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions\/2816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}