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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