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Loy Krathong
Small boats of green banana leaf with flowers, a candle and incense, floated on dark water under the full moon.
The colours of Loy Krathong
On the full moon of the twelfth Thai month, when the rivers are high, people float a krathong on the water. It is a small raft made from a slice of banana trunk, wrapped in folded green banana leaf and dressed with orange marigolds, purple orchids, a candle and three sticks of incense. It is set on the river with a wish, to thank the water goddess and to let go of bad luck. By late evening the rivers and ponds are covered with points of light. In Chiang Mai the same night is Yi Peng, when lanterns of thin white paper, lifted by the heat of a flame, are released into the sky in thousands. Many women wear traditional silk for the evening.
#3E7D3ABanana leaf greenThe folded leaf of the krathong.#F5A623MarigoldFlowers on the krathong.#9B4FB0Orchid purpleOrchids set among the marigolds.#F7C948Candle goldThe flame on the water and in the sky lanterns.#101A33River nightDark water under the full moon.Values are fair approximations, not official shades.
Read about the colours
Also part of it, and being written: Marigold (The flower of offerings.).
Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Loy Krathong" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.