Phi Tha Khon Ghost Festival Thailand

One of the most amazing and colourful festivals in Thailand. Three days, usually in June the people of Dansai - a small city in the LOEI Province /Northern Thailand/, celebrate this festival as a big buddhist celebration. In our movie, you will see only a middle part of event, which is a PhiTaKhon /masks or ghosts/ parade. This religious event has it roots in the Animism Beliefs of local people and there are a lot of symbols of fertility like giant penises made from wood carried by the participants of parade. These are traditional symbols for a good crop and rich harvest. The festival also includes a shooting of rockets into the sky - to "awake" the rain which is very important for the crop and listening to the buddhist sermons in local temple. There is also a legend, that the "ghost" or PhiTaKhon joined Lord Buddha on one of his journeys trough the jungle and nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Ta_Khon

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