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Bun Luang and Phi Ta Khon Festival 2013 - 10-12 July in Dan Sai, Loei province
Here is the full schedule for this years Phi Ta Khon Festival in Dan Sai. Not sure if hotel rooms are still available as normally most of the hotels and guest houses are fully booked well in advance but you can try to contact the Tourist Authority Thailand office for assistance (see phone number below).
What/Why : Phi Ta Khon is a type of masked procession celebrated on the first day of a three-day Buddhist merit making holiday known in Thai as "Boon Pra Wate". The annual famous festival takes place on the second or third weekend in June at a village of Dan Sai, Loei Province. The festival is held to worship spirits, the protectors of the village, and to ask for plentiful rain for the coming farming season.
Phi Ta Khon is paraded by young men who wear huge masks made from carved coconut-tree trunks, topped with wicker work and sticky-rice steamers, and dress as ghosts to parade a sacred Buddha image. The procession is marked by a lot of music and dancing. In addition, on the second day of the festival, the villagers gather at Wat Ponchai to listen to the messages of the thirteen sermons of Prince Vessandorn recited by the local monks.
Contact : TAT Loei Office +66 4281 2812, E-mail : tatloei@tat.or.th , Dan Sai District Office +66 4289 1266
For some info on last years event see: http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-...ta-khon-festival-june-22nd-23rd-2012-a-2.html
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July 10, 2013 - Phra Upakut Invocation and Cultural Ceremony
04.00 AM Invocation of Phra Upakut: Procession from Phon-Chai temple to Mun and Sork River
06.00 AM Food offereings to Monks at Phon-Chai Temple
08.30 AM Ba-Si Ceremony at Chao Pho Kuan's House
10.00 AM Cultural Ceremony at Phon-Chai Temple. Gathering for Phi Ta Khon processions and competition among groups marching alonh Keaw Asa Road
11.00 AM Performance on the stage in front of Dan Sai District Office
July 11, 2013 Official Grand Opening Ceremony and the Grand Phi Ta Khon Parade
10.00 AM Grand Opening by the Loei Governor in front of Dan Sai District Office - All parades move the district office to Phon-Chai Temple
13.00 PM Performances on stage in fron of the District Office
15.00 PM Ba-Si Phra Wet (summoning of spirits) at Chao Pho Kuan's house
15.30 PM Phra Wet parade led by Chao Pho Kuan and Chao Mae Nang Tiem to Phon Chai temple to make merit and firing of bamboo rockets
10.00 PM Buddhist sermons at Phon Chai Temple
July 12, 2013 - Buddhist sermons - No Phi Ta Khon Dancing
04.00 AM 13 consecutive Buddhist sermons at Phon Chai Temple - parading of all villages in Dan Sai district
Here is the full schedule for this years Phi Ta Khon Festival in Dan Sai. Not sure if hotel rooms are still available as normally most of the hotels and guest houses are fully booked well in advance but you can try to contact the Tourist Authority Thailand office for assistance (see phone number below).
What/Why : Phi Ta Khon is a type of masked procession celebrated on the first day of a three-day Buddhist merit making holiday known in Thai as "Boon Pra Wate". The annual famous festival takes place on the second or third weekend in June at a village of Dan Sai, Loei Province. The festival is held to worship spirits, the protectors of the village, and to ask for plentiful rain for the coming farming season.
Phi Ta Khon is paraded by young men who wear huge masks made from carved coconut-tree trunks, topped with wicker work and sticky-rice steamers, and dress as ghosts to parade a sacred Buddha image. The procession is marked by a lot of music and dancing. In addition, on the second day of the festival, the villagers gather at Wat Ponchai to listen to the messages of the thirteen sermons of Prince Vessandorn recited by the local monks.
Contact : TAT Loei Office +66 4281 2812, E-mail : tatloei@tat.or.th , Dan Sai District Office +66 4289 1266
For some info on last years event see: http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-...ta-khon-festival-june-22nd-23rd-2012-a-2.html
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July 10, 2013 - Phra Upakut Invocation and Cultural Ceremony
04.00 AM Invocation of Phra Upakut: Procession from Phon-Chai temple to Mun and Sork River
06.00 AM Food offereings to Monks at Phon-Chai Temple
08.30 AM Ba-Si Ceremony at Chao Pho Kuan's House
10.00 AM Cultural Ceremony at Phon-Chai Temple. Gathering for Phi Ta Khon processions and competition among groups marching alonh Keaw Asa Road
11.00 AM Performance on the stage in front of Dan Sai District Office
July 11, 2013 Official Grand Opening Ceremony and the Grand Phi Ta Khon Parade
10.00 AM Grand Opening by the Loei Governor in front of Dan Sai District Office - All parades move the district office to Phon-Chai Temple
13.00 PM Performances on stage in fron of the District Office
15.00 PM Ba-Si Phra Wet (summoning of spirits) at Chao Pho Kuan's house
15.30 PM Phra Wet parade led by Chao Pho Kuan and Chao Mae Nang Tiem to Phon Chai temple to make merit and firing of bamboo rockets
10.00 PM Buddhist sermons at Phon Chai Temple
July 12, 2013 - Buddhist sermons - No Phi Ta Khon Dancing
04.00 AM 13 consecutive Buddhist sermons at Phon Chai Temple - parading of all villages in Dan Sai district
