Special Events
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 Bang
Sai Arts and Crafts Fair
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Wat Niwet Thammaprawat |
Late January
The annual fair held at Bang Sai Arts and Crafts Centre displays
products of H.M. the Queen’s SUPPORT programme, which are for
sale, and there are exhibitions and demonstrations of local products.
Folk performances of song and dance enliven the fair.
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Songkran
Festival
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April 13-15
The traditional Thai New Year is the Songkran water festival. Anyone
who ventures out on the streets is likely to get a thorough soaking,
but all in a spirit of fun at the peak of the hot season. Special
events are held in front of Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit.
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Bang
Sai Loi Krathong Festival
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November
Bang Sai Arts and Crafts Centre holds a special Loi Krathong evening.
Celebrations include making traditional floats (krathong) and beauty
contest, handicraft demonstrations exhibitions, and krathong launching
in the river.
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