Phi Ta Khon

Phi Ta Khon is held with the arrival of the sixth or seventh lunar month. This is a different kind of festival. Young male villagers prepare their ghostly dresses and masks, while children roam around town playing tricks.

Sheets or blankets are sewn together to look like shrouds and traditional wooden bamboo containers are used to store sticky rice (huad).

The festival is celebrated for 3 consecutive days. The first day is marked by a masked procession, accompanied by rejoicing, music and dancing. On the second day, the villagers dance their way to the temple and fire off bamboo rockets to signal the end of the procession. Along the way, they tease onlookers as they accompany a sacred image of the Buddha through the village streets. Monks recite the story of the Buddha's last incarnation before attaining enlightenment.

The gruesome, the spiritual and the supernatural arouse an instinctive curiosity in all of us. The Phi Ta Khon festival is an event filled with fun, mischief and of course, a touch of the unknown.

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Contact Information

Phi Ta Khon
Dan Sai district, Loei province
81000 Krabi, ST

Tel. +6675612740

http://www.krabinet.com