by admin | Apr 3, 2019 | 2019 Art & Culture, Art & Culture
The Chakri dynasty (Thai: ราชวงศ์จักรี; rtgs: Ratchawong Chakkri) is the current ruling royal house of the Kingdom of Thailand, while the Head of the house is the monarch. The dynasty has ruled Thailand since the founding of the Rattanakosin Era and the city of...
by admin | Apr 3, 2019 | 2019 Art & Culture, Art & Culture
Māgha Pūjā, Makha Bucha (Thai: มาฆบูชา) is one of the important Buddhist festivals celebrated on the full moon day of Māgha in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, and usually falls in the middle of February. The purpose of the festival is to aim spiritual merits...
by admin | Sep 13, 2018 | 2018 Art & Culture, Art & Culture
Khao Phansa Day is a Buddhist holiday observed in Thailand on the first day following the full moon occurring in the eighth month of the Thai lunar calendar. The date migrates each year due to differences between the lunar and solar calendars. Additionally, when Khao...
by admin | Sep 13, 2018 | 2018 Art & Culture, Art & Culture
Asalha Puja (known as Asanha Bucha in Thailand, Thai: อาสาฬหบูชา) is a Theravada Buddhist festival which typically takes place in July, on the full moon of the eighth lunar month. It is celebrated in Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Laos, Myanmar and in countries with...
by admin | Sep 13, 2018 | 2018 Art & Culture, Art & Culture, Songkran
Songkran is the Thai New Year’s festival. The Thai New Year’s Day is 13 April every year, but the holiday period includes 14–15 April as well. The word “Songkran” comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti literally “astrological...
by admin | Sep 13, 2018 | 2018 Art & Culture, Songkran
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