This weekend was a festival in Chiang Mai. It is called alternately Loi Kratong or Yi Peng, it is a Buddhist celebration where the people make Kratongs: banana stalks covered in rolled and shaped banana leaves and flowers with a candle and incense, you set them in the river, hundreds of thousands, each one representing your fears and you let them go, you send them away, the river is akin to the sky in Northern Thai culture- a highway if you will to Buddha. They also set off khom loy, fire fueled hot air lanterns that fill the night sky- holding your wishes and hopes and carrying them to Buddha.The pictures are me making one and what they should look like! I know it's sideways but I had so much trouble getting these uploaded!!
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