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Loy Krathong is a Thai celebration that happens in the month of November, wherein Thais float their krathongs in any body of water or fly Chinese lanterns in the air on the night of the festivity. However, prior to this, in schools, students make their own krathongs and sometimes join a krathong making contest.

Here are the materials needed in making a krathong.

Banana trunk
Leaves
Pins
Flowers

Procedure:

Cut banana trunk into 2 to 3 inches chunks.
chunk of banana trunk wrapped in leaves
Wrap it with leaves. It could be banana or some other kind will do. You may also fold strips of banana leaves into triangular shapes resembling a lotus to cover the chunk of banana trunk with.
Use pins to secure the decoration into the banana trunk base.
Decorate it with different kinds of flowers.
Finally, stick in a candle and incense sticks.

Thai people add in the krathong lock of their hair and pieces of trimmed nails. This is to symbolize that they are want to drive off misfortune and bad things in the past.

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Loy Krathong is celebrated on the month of November. The word “loy” means to float in English. Krathong, on the other hand, does not have an exact English equivalent as far as I know. If you have any idea please let us know in the comment section below. It is somewhat like a floral “float” made from either banana trunk or bread, with a candle and incense sticks. They then float this on a river, lake, or pond.

Some schools run a contest to make krathong making even more exciting and memorable. In the university I work with, students majoring in English were responsible in running the entire program, which started with a brief history of the celebration; followed by the krathong making; and finally the contest. Students and staff were welcomed to participate. Everyone gathered in the faculty hall, took the materials, and made their krathong for an hour.