|
|
 EXPLORE
THAILAND THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
EVENTS-FESTIVALS-LEISURE -
Long Boat Race 12-2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
Address: |
|
|
|
|
|
Known as: |
|
|
|
|
|
Description: |
|
Long Boat-Racing Festival is arranged every year during Thai
Buddhist Lent Period (about September or October) on days that
river tide is highest. The festival will be held by local people
beside rivers from provinces which big rivers pass by such as
Phisanulok province, Phichit province has Nan River and
Ang-Thong province, Ayutthaya province, Pathum-Thani province
has Chao-Phraya River. Boats, which they use on the festival,
will be chose and made from auspicious trees of each area's
believing. They train and prepare rowing-crews to be most fit
and ready for being their agent of the festival.
Long
Boat-Racing Festival is one of Thai traditions which has been
arranged continuously since Ayutthaya time (about 600 years ago)
for preparing and making morale, courage and strength to
rowing-crews, as every Thai men were power of the country, for a
war which could began anytime from aggression. |
|
|
Province |
|
Bangkok |
Direction: |
|
|
|
|
District |
|
Bang Phlat |
|
|
|
City |
|
Bang
Yi Khan |
Comments: |
|
Official Web: |
|
|
|
|
Genre |
|
Events-Festivals-Leisure |
|
|
Related links: |
|
|
|
|
Best exposure |
|
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rating |
|
  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opening time |
|
2 days |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Entry fee |
|
Free |
|
|
GPS : |
|
13.76923, 100.49606 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Click here to go back to
the previous page |
|
|
|
SUB-SITES PICTURES: |
|
|
 |
Long Boat Race 12-2007 |
 |
xx |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site
optimized for IE10 and Screen resolution above 1280X1024 |
|
Droits de reproduction et
diffusion reserves |
|
Copyright
© 2015 P-Lepetit.com / Asiaphotos.org |
|
Contact:
PatrickLEPETIT@hotmail.com |
|
|
