{"id":2905,"date":"2019-11-07T09:33:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T07:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2905"},"modified":"2019-11-07T09:33:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T07:33:06","slug":"schedule-of-loy-krathong-yee-peng-festival-2019-in-chiang-mai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2905-schedule-of-loy-krathong-yee-peng-festival-2019-in-chiang-mai","title":{"rendered":"Schedule of Loy Krathong & Yee Peng Festival 2019 in Chiang Mai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the official program of Loy Krathong and Yee Peng Festival 2019 in\u00a0Chiang Mai<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0.<\/span>\u00a0It is surely the most beautiful festival of the city.<\/span>\u00a0I also give you a few tips and my favorite places as well as information on the big sky lanterns releases that will take place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Official schedule for Loy Krathogn 2019 in Chiang Mai<\/h2>\n

Here is the official schedule that TAT Chiang Mai office sent me a few weeks ago. It is not complete, so I will and some events below.<\/p>\n

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There wil also be the big Loy Krathong parade on Novembre 12th starting from Thapae Gate at 7 pm and going to Chiang Mai Municipality.<\/p>\n

Two fireworks will be launched on the river Ping in the area of Chiang Mai Municipality on the same day at 7.30 pm and 9.30 pm.<\/p>\n

Wat Pan Tao<\/strong><\/a> will held a beautiful candle ceremony around 7 pm on November 11th (and maybe the day before but I have no confirmation). But be there at least 1h30 in advance because there will be a lot of people coming early to have a good spot around the temple’s pond to take good pictures.<\/p>\n

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Every evening but mostly on November 11<\/strong>\u00a0, on the banks of the Ping River or around the moat, you’ll see people putting their small rafts with a candle and 3 sticks of incense.<\/span>\u00a0To see also the religious side of this festival,\u00a0I recommend you to go to Wat Chai Mongkhon<\/strong>\u00a0which has access to the river and is only a few minutes walk from the Iron Bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Release of lanterns (free)<\/strong>\u00a0in the sky of Chiang Mai<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The two most popular gathering points for the sky lantern release in the city are the little\u00a0Iron Bridge<\/strong>\u00a0near the Night Bazaar and the\u00a0Nawarat Bridge.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These releases will only be allowed on November 11th and 12th, 2019 from 7pm to 1am.<\/span><\/p>\n

There will be as each year of great pay releases that personally I do not recommend more than that seen the rates charged\u00a0(see below)<\/em>\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Big simultaneous sky lanterns releases in Chiang Mai<\/h2>\n

The best-known sky lanternrelease event in Chiang Mai<\/strong>\u00a0is organized by a very controversial Buddhist association so I will not tell you about it but there are now others. But none is free of charge. Count<\/span>\u00a0from 2.000 to 4.000 THB soemtimes including a meal or a buffet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yee Peng Festival in Chiang Mai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n