Events and Happenings

Worshipping the Goddess of Water in Chiang Mai On the full moon night of November, the people of Chiang Mai gather around the waterways of the city to celebrate ...

Loi Krathong offers a way to show gratitude to Mae Khongka, the Mother of the Waters. Taking place during the twelfth lunar month on the night of the full moon, ...

Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year, is celebrated all over the country but nowhere with more enthusiasm than in Chiang Mai. Part of the celebration is ...

This annual festival is held for three days during the first week of February. It celebrates the rich diversity of plants for which Chiang Mai and northern Thailand are famous, ...

Chiang Mai's Chinese New Year's festivities can't match Bangkok's for size and scope, but they are nonetheless quite colorful and extravagant. The country's first immigrants, the ...

This festival is a preparation for the ordination of young Shan men into Buddhist monk hood. For three days before their ordination, they are dressed up in lavish clothes, jewelry ...