Photo Tour of Pattaya Rice Festival, part of Songkran

Note: This article was originally published on our sister site, The Pattaya news, here. It is reprinted with permission.

Pattaya –

  First, we did an article about a similar Khong Khaw (rice) festival in Sri Racha which took place Thursday, April 20th. Have a look as a reference.

During Songkran/Thai New Year, Khong Khaw, or the rice festival is considered one of many unique and traditional activities besides water-splashing.

Although it had been postponed for several years with the last one happening in April of 2019 due to Covid-19, this year 2022, the Khong Khaw festival, fortunately, returned in several parts of Chonburi despite the continual ban on water-play and most well-known Songkran activities due to ongoing Covid-19 concerns.

As well as in Pattaya yesterday, April 20th, the Khong Khaw festival made a comeback at Lan Pho Park, Naklua Park, and Wat Nong Yai. The…