Boun Khao Phansa is held at the beginning of the Buddhist lent. Over the following three month, monks spend most of their time in prayer and meditation and are restricted from spending nights in other temples out of their own. Many devout people often abstain from alcohol during this time. In the early morning of […]
Celebrated in July throughout the country, this sacred festival is highly respected by the locals. The festival is celebrated to honour the three turning points of Siddhartha Gautama’s life to […]
Asahna Bucha Day is one of the most important events in the Buddhist calendar commemorating the occasion when Buddha delivered his first sermon. The exact date of Asahna Bucha varies from year to year depending on the lunar calendar, but usually falls in July or August. Asahna Bucha Day is a public holiday in Thailand […]
From the 30th day of the sixth month to the second day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the Cham people of Viet Nam celebrate the Kate Festival. […]
A Zhuang festival celebrated with rice dyed red. The festival's date seems to vary, it is also celebrated at the beginning of the sixth month or the beginning of the […]
On the 24th day of the 6th lunar month, the Yi communities of Yunnan gather to light torches, hold fire parades and light bonfires, alongside traditional sporting events and performances. The festival commemorates a heavenly general who sacrificed his life to protect the Naxi’s grain harvest. Naxi community traditions dictate that the Torch Festival should […]
The lunar seventh month is known as the Ghost Month, where the spirits come to visit the living. At the beginning of the lunar seventh month, the gates of the underworld open and the spirits come to visit the living, on the full moon day the spirits return to the underworld. Festival held according to […]
A pretty spectacular display of night-time dragon dance. The village has two dragon troupes, one starts off from the Benzhu Temple, the other from the Buddhist Temple. Festival held according […]
Every rice-eating people in the world has a special occasion to celebrate rice harvest. For Wa people living in Cangyuan and Ximeng, it's called New Rice Festival (Xinmijie), usually held […]
Vu Lan Feast is one of the main festivals in Buddhism (Mahayana), originating in China but celebrated in Vietnam since the 11th century. Source: izitour.com Photo by izitour.com
