May 2024’s Festivals and Events in Thailand

PRESS RELEASE:

Visakha Bucha Day celebrations nationwide and Bun Bung Fai Rocket Festival in Isan lead an exciting lineup of events and festivals this month. The month of May 2024 boasts an exciting lineup of local cultural celebrations of Visakha Bucha Day and Bun Bung Fai Rocket Festival, as well as many other exciting events and festivals.

Visakha Bucha Day
22 May 2024
At temples nationwide

Held each year on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, Visakha Bucha Day celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha. On this day, Buddhists will go to the temple in worship and remembrance of the teachings and social and spiritual values of Buddha, and perform merit-making and candlelight ceremonies. This includes an evening Wien Tien candlelit procession where Buddhist devotees hold lighted candles in hand and go around a temple three times, representing one the Buddha,…