The local authorities here in Old Town have just announced a ‘Loy Krathong’ festival. Loy Krathong is an annual event celebrated in the whole of Thailand which allows you to appease the spirits and to get rid of your bad luck all at the same time! To do this you must set adrift a ‘Krathong’ [...]
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Lanta Old Town- The culture side of the island
On October 11- 13, 2008 we celebrated the annual Vegetarian Festival with the local Chinese-Thai community. All local residents of Chinese ancestry observed a 3-day strictly vegetarian diet for the purposes of spiritual cleansing and merit making. Vegetarian food was prepared and eaten communally 3 times a day in a tent in front of the [...]
You can’t stop “progress” on Lanta
It’s a challenge being a foreign writer in Thailand, writing about Thai life because making real, objective observations actually goes against one of the Kingdom’s most sacred notions: Be polite and don’t discuss unpleasant issues. And since I’m trying very hard to be a respectful “Thai” citizen the writing challenge then becomes an exercise [...]
