One of the best places in Bangkok is OVERTONE bar, where every night great musicians play live music there. It is situated in the Royal City Avenue (RCA), in 29/70-71 RCA Rama 9 Rd. Hauykaung BANGKOK. www.prartmusic.com
If you are as lucky as us, you will know Layla. We had the chance to know and drink with her. She invited us several festivals and parties. She found me a great guitar and I toke some lessons in the music school she owns too with one of the greatest finger picking guitarrists.
Lyla is the mafia in Bangkok and the first great real friend I met there.
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LOI KRATHONG SAI FESTIVAL IN AMPHAWA
It is a house of a very frendly family, where it is possible to rent rooms. It is great to see the trees full of fireflys while you are taking a night trip on a boat. On the 1st of november is when the river Mae-Klong gets iluminated.
As the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (usually in mid-November) lights up the night sky, throughout the Thai kingdom, hundreds of thousands of ornately-decorated krathong or traditional banana leaf floats are set adrift in rivers and waterways in a spell-binding ritual called "Loi Krathong" - the 'festival of lights". This is one of the Kingdom's oldest and best-preserved traditions.
Krathong floats in the shape of lotus blossoms are most popular and are made from materials easily found in each locality. Loi Krathong customs and traditions reflect local beliefs and cultural evolution and interesting regional variations can be seen.
In Tak province, the banana-leaf floats are replaced by coconut shells which are threaded together and launched simultaneously so they appear as long chains of hundreds of glittering lights on the Ping River, hence the origin of its name, "Loi Krathong Sai".
There are various accounts about the origins of Loi Krathong. However given the river-based culture that forms the foundation of the traditional Thai way of life, it is widely believed that these are offerings made to Mae Khongkha - Mother of Waters in an act of appeasement. Many also believe that by setting adrift the krathong, one symbollically casts away one's grief, misery and ill-fortunes.
Also known as the 'Festival of Lights', the Loy Krathong Sai Festival is celebrated each year on the day of the full moon in the 12th lunar month and is one of the country's most popular celebrations. Beginning on the first evening of the full moon, the festival has Buddhist origins and offers thanks to the Goddess of Water at the end of the rainy season. Traditionally, participants head to rivers around the country to set their 'krathongs' - a lotus-shaped vessel made from banana leaves that is laden with candles and burning incense – afloat, making a wish as they do so. Many hotels and institutions hold special events as part of the festival and all are welcome to participate in the celebrations.
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