Yee Peng Festival - Floating Lanterns Festival 2011 Chiang Mai

Thousands of paper lanterns released at the same time after a beautiful Buddhist ceremony. One of the most beautiful festivals in Thailand takes place on the full moon night of the 12th lunar month. It is known in Thai as Loy Krathong, but is sometimes referred to as the Festival of Lights. The next one will take place nationwide on 10th November 2011. Yee Peng (sometimes written as Yi Peng), is Northern Thailand’s version of the Festival of Lights in the 12th lunar month. Like the rest of Thailand, t