loy kratong

happy loy kratong!!

spoken exactly how it is spelt, this is a festival which takes place in thailand every November 12th. Everyone spends the days leading up to it preparing their "kratongs." these are floats covered in banana leaves and flowers. the leaves are all hand folded and decorated to look beauitful and they are very extravagant.

in the evening of November 12th, everyone gathers at the nearest fresh water (usually a river rather than a lake) and brings their homemade floats along. they put candles and insence on them and lgiht them around the same time, then together they place them in the water and watch them float down the river in the evening.

They believe that if you think of your wishes and hopes while watching your kratong with the others all lit up under the moon that they will come true.

sweet eh? the kids are all excited and I made a kratong today.

just thought i'd share. it's a cute day here.

xo dezzy (my new thai name.. many cannot say/remember jessica so i said jesse, and they say dezzy. i like it. hehe)