Kids building their kratongs

Loy Kratong festival

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November 5th 2006
On the first full moon night in November this festival to celebrate the end of the rainy season takes place. People build small boats ("kratongs") with banana leaves and flowers and float them with lit candels and incense sticks on any water they can find. What better location could we be in than Nongkhai on the Mekong river..... For more info on Loy Kratong follow the link [url=http://www.mutm ... read more

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