9–13 June 2010
Thailand Tourism Festival 2013 – At 40,000 square metres, the Thailand Tourism Festival (TTF) is billed as the country’s largest travel and tourism showcase event that includes a vast range of activities to promote the preservation of Thai culture, traditions and local way of life.

12–14 June 2010
Phi Ta Khon Festival – The Phi Ta Khon Festival is quite unique to Thailand and unrivalled by any other ghost festival

18–20 June 2010
Hua Hin Jazz Festival – Music lovers flock to Hua Hin. Annual jazz festival draws top bands from region

June 2010
Chao Le Boat Festival, Krabi. This unique festival is held by the Chao Le, a nomadic, sea-faring people native to Krabi.

June 2010
Lien Pu Sae-Ya Sae Festival, Chiang Mai. Animist festival held on the 14th day of the waxing moon in the 7th lunar month.

June 2010
Rocket Festival(s), Chiang Mai. These well-known rainmaking festivals are held all over the north and north east of Thailand. The main ones in Chiang Mai are held at Wat Pa Tung and Wat Phra Non during the sixth or seventh lunar months.

June 2010
Seup Jata Muang Festival, Chiang Mai. This ancient Tai-Indic festival is held to prolong life of the city.

Labor Day

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 is Labor Day. This is a public holiday in Thailand, but not much happens to commemorate this day other than most government and office workers will have the day off.

Coronation Day

Sunday, May 5, 2013 is Coronation Day. The fact that it occurs on a Sunday this year should mean that Monday, May 6, 2013 will be a substitution holiday.

Royal Ploughing Ceremony

The actual date of the Royal Ploughing Ceremony is decided by astrologers near to the time, but it usually occurs at some point in May. This holiday is also a commemoration of Farmer’s Day.

Rocket Festival – Isaan

Friday-Sunday, May 10-12, 2013 is the Rocket Festival which takes place over the second weekend in May. This festival is celebrated in a number of locations in Isaan but one of the best places to visit would be Yasathon.

Inthakin City Pillar Festival

The Inthakin City Pillar Festival takes place over the course of 6 days in Chiang Mai each year. The date for the 2013 has yet to be given. It usually occurs at some point around the waning of moon of the sixth lunar month (around May 2013).

Visaka Bucha วันวิสาขบูชา

Friday, May 24, 2013 is the most important of all the Buddhist festivals in Thailand. Vikasa Bucha Day takes place on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, and it commemorates the day on which the Buddha was born, became enlightened, and died.

One of the grand Songkran celebrations in Thailand. Participate in the Opening Ceremony of the Songkran Festival 2013 with a wonderful procession around Chiang Mai city. Pour some Thai scented water on a Buddha image and elders, experience the cultural performances and traditions in the Northern style as well as enjoy various food along the streets.

Rice-fields predominate the landscape of Chainat Province where rice is a major commercial crop grown. Hay, a by-product of rice cultivation, is available in great abundance. This has led to an initiative by the villagers to creatively transform this agricultural by-product into a craft and an economic asset.

Hay from the fields is used to make bird-shaped hay stacks known as the “Hoon Fang”. Colourful, in various shapes and forms and true to life, these hay structures, the key attraction of the Chainat Hoon Fang Straw Bird Fair are so extraordinary, they have become the province’s most popular attraction. To produce a top quality, intricate piece of handicraft from the hay, the farmers also grade the hay which is then crafted into miniature straw birds. The miniature straw birds have become a popular item among tourists as a souvenir of their visit to Chainat.

The Chainat Straw-Bird Festival features a variety of activities such as Straw-Bird Contests, “Young Talent” Contests, village handicraft competitions, a Light-And-Sound show, special performances, sales of products under the “One Village. One Product” theme, and exhibits by the state sector.

The Chainat Bird Park on Phaholyothin Road offers an added attraction. The park which stretches over an area of 300 rai houses a 26 rai bird enclosure, the biggest of its kind in Asia. Over 200 species co-habit within this space. There are also a further 63 other individual bird enclosures of varying sizes to house predatory birds and the smaller birds.

Contact information:
Tourism Authority of Thailand , Suphan Buri Office
Tel: +66 (0) 3553 6030
Fax: +66 (0) 3553 6030
E-mail: tatsuphan@tat.or.th

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Latitude: 15.191817 (15° 11′ 30.54” N)
Longitude: 100.129019 (100° 7′ 44.47” E)

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Saint Valentine’s Day
Saint Valentine’s Day
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Also called     Valentine’s Day
Feast of Saint Valentine
Observed by     People in many countries;
Anglican Communion (see calendar), Eastern Orthodox Church (see calendar), Lutheran Church (see calendar)
Type     Cultural, Christian, commercial
Significance     Feast day of Saint Valentine; the celebration of Love and affection
Date     February 14 (fixed by the Western Christian Churches); July 6 (fixed by the Eastern Christian Churches)
Observances     Sending greeting cards and gifts, dating, church services

Saint Valentine’s Day, commonly known as Valentine’s Day,[1][2][3] or the Feast of Saint Valentine,[4] is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them.

St. Valentine’s Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire; during his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote “from your Valentine” as a farewell to her.[5][6] Today, Saint Valentine’s Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion,[7] as well as in the Lutheran Church.[8] The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine’s Day, albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni).[9][10]

The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”).[1][3] Valentine’s Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

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