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Above Image - Khom Loi Festival in Chiang Mai- Source Wikipedia

Swarms of sky lanterns (RTGS: khom loi), literally: 'floating lanterns', are launched into the air. Khom Loi are made from a thin fabric, such as rice paper, stretched over a bamboo or wire frame, to which a candle or fuel cell is attached. When the fuel cell is lit, the resulting hot air is trapped inside the lantern and creates enough lift for the khom loi to float into the sky.

Originally, at the end of the year, Kom Loi (lantern) was given to celebrate the harvest and good harvest of the year's agriculture. Since Thailand is Buddhist, it seems to have the meaning of giving thanks to Buddha. In addition, it is said that if the launch of Kom Loi is completed successfully, the hardships and troubles will disappear, and it seems that it also has the meaning of dispelling troubles.

Loi Krathong coincides with the Lanna (northern Thai) festival known as Yi Peng (Yi means 'two' and peng means a 'full moon day'). Yi Peng refers to the full moon day in the second month according to the Lanna lunar calendar (the twelfth month of the Thai lunar calendar). The festival is meant as a time to make merit (RTGS: tham bun).

RTGS: The Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS) is the official system for rendering Thai words in the Latin alphabet. It was published by the Royal Institute of Thailand.

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