Loy Krathong is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand. “Loi” means “to float”. “Krathong” is a raft about a hand span in diameter traditionally made from a section of banana tree trunk, decorated with elaborately-folded banana leaves, flowers, candles, incense sticks etc. Many people will release a small raft like this on a river. In addition, fireworks and parades take place during the festival.
Friday night there was a parade near our neighborhood. There were lots of people in traditional dress carrying krathongs or lanterns.
This is one of the floats paying tribute to the King of Thailand.
The parade was at night and each float was beautifully lite. This picture was the truck behind the float that had the generators on it and the power lines connected to the float in front of it. The sight was so funny then we realized the men were pushing the truck! Each float had a generator truck following along behind.
