Chiang Mai Yee Peng Lantern Festival Images: Yi Peng or Yee Peng (local name) is part of the festival of lights in Northern Thailand to show respect to Buddha. It’s date usually coincides with Loi Krathong which all of Thailand celebrates using floating lights on water. In Northern Thailand Yi Peng, which is celebrated alongside Loi Krathong, is different in that lights are placed into sky lanterns which float up into the air.
Loi Krathong still happens in Chiang Mai but the actual Loi Krathong floating lanterns on water event happens the day / night after Yi Peng.
Alongside the floating light ceremonies there are also parades, fireworks, displays of colorful lanterns and cultural highlights involving the Lanna. As Chiang Mai was the former capital of the Lanna Kingdom it holds the largest Yi Peng Festival.
People hold up floating lanterns before they are released during the festival of Yee Peng in the northern capital of Chiang Mai, Thailand, on November 14.
People hold up floating lanterns before they are released during the festival of Yee Peng in the northern capital of Chiang Mai, Thailand, on November 14.
Floating lanterns are pictured during the festival of Yee Peng in the northern capital of Chiang Mai, Thailand on November 14.
People release floating lanterns during the festival of Yee Peng in the northern capital of Chiang Mai, Thailand November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Floating lanterns are pictured during the festival of Yee Peng in the northern capital of Chiang Mai, Thailand on November 14.
Floating lanterns are pictured during the festival of Yee Peng in the northern capital of Chiang Mai, Thailand on November 14.
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