Yasothon Bun Bang Fai Festival 2018 to take place 11-13 May

The annual Bun Bang Fai Festival, the superstition of firing locally-made bamboo rockets towards the heavens in hopes of beckoning the rain-gods before crop season, will be taking place across local communities in Thailand’s Northeastern Region, or Isan, with its biggest showcase appearing in Yasothon.
The Yasothon Bun Bang Fai Festival usually falls in the middle of May, or just before the start of rainy season and crop planting. This year, the event will take place from 11-13 May.
On the first day, villagers will bring their homemade bamboo rockets to pay respect to the city’s pillar shrine. On the second day,

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