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| Now a day,tourists have more comfortable trip to Maehongson
than a past. Traditional is never changed follow the time such as
house in Thai Yai style , mens ware china trousers with a clothfiting
shirt with tight long sleeves in china style , women ware long skirt
with Thai Yai blouse.Various festivals be attract many tourists come
to Maehongson. It is something not to be missed. |
Poi Sang long Procression
This is in fact the celebartiion of novice ordination ceremony of Thai Yai people regarded as a highly meritoues occasion. Traditionally, the candi-date-novice, his head is cleanly and wrapped with head-cloth in the Burmese style,will don a prince-like garement and put on valuable ornaments, and ride a horse or be carried over the shouldr of a man to the shirne. Then he will visit abbots of various Wat to beg for forgiveness. On the ordination eve, a proces-sion of offerings will be paraded through the where the ordination takes place the following day. It is usually held during March-April. Today this colourful procession has become a major tourist attaction in Mae Hong Song.
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Bua Toung Blossom Fastival
Each year in November, the hillsdes of Amphoe Khunyuam and Ampoe Mae
Sariang are fill with golden colour of Bua tong blooms. As gay as
a daisy and almost as large as sunflower,the Bua Toung only blossoms
for Mae Hong Son province to hold the Bua Toung Blossm Festival at
Amphoe Khun Yuam every year from 1 November until 15 December. At
Amphoe Khun Yuams Doi Mae U-kho,the blssom appear profusely. Finally,
the golden blssom become prat of the scene. Some speciliste have discovered
the flowers insect-repellent properties. Bua Tong a symbol of Mae
hong son, is still preserved on the hillsides. |
Chong Para Procression
In October (duan sipet) the festival of Hen Som Go Ja is held, which
consists of making offerings to relatives who have already passed
away. There are also celebrations to mark the end of the Lent season,
or Chong Para. During the evening the people make processions carrying
hand made castle like structures (to welcome the Buddha back from
heaven where he went during the Lent season to visit his mother) to
the temples, or else place them outside their homes to bring merit
to their families. During these ceremonies there is music and dancing.
Mostly the dancing is done by dancers dressed up as mythological creatures,
such as the mythological half bird-half human ginaree and the mythological
yak, which is held by two dancers, rather like a pantomime horse.
The Chong Para in the Thai Yai dialect means a castle made of wood,
covered with colorful perforated papers and decorated with fruits,
flags and lamps. It is placed in the courtyard of a house or a monastery
as a gesture to welcome the Lord Buddha on his return from giving
sermons to his mother in heaven, according to traditional belief.
The rite is held during the postkain Retreat season from the full-moon
day of the 11the Lunar month to the waxing-moon night of the same
month.
Other activities to celebrate the occasion include dances where performers
are dressed in animal costumes. This is based on the belief that during
those long-gone days, both humans and the animal kingdom were equally
joyful of the return of the Lord Buddha and therefore joined in a
jubilant performance as tribute of the Enlightened One.
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Loi Krathong Festival
Loi Krathong Festival is held on the full moon night in the month
of November every year. Villagers make 'Krathongs' to float in rivers.
At Nong Chong Kham, various entertainments and a contest of large
krathongs are held near the central pond. Lamps and candles are lit
all around the area. At Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu, there is a ceremony
to release candle-lit krathongs bound to balloons (known as 'Loi Krathong
Swan') to the evening sky . |
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