From Thursday to Saturday, the Ban Na Sao community in Loei province celebrates Isan tradition with the Phi Khon Nam Festival to honour the spirit of their ancestors, show gratitude to buffaloes for working hard and ask the rain to mark the beginning of rice farming.
Stupa ceremony in Loei
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The Dan Sai Municipality will organise a celebration to worship Phrathat Sri Song Rak in Loei s Dan Sai district from tomorrow to Monday.
The annual event is organised on the Full Moon day of the sixth lunar month. The date falls on Monday this year.
Located on a hill by the bank of Man River, Phrathat Sri Song Rak is one of the highly revered stupas in the Northeast. The history dates back to the year 1560 when the white stupa was built to indicate the goodwill between Maha Chakkraphat of Ayutthaya and King Chai Chetthathirath of Lan Xang (now part of Laos).