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Holidays and Events of the Local Area
– My Father’s Hometown – St. Elizabeth – Jamaica – On our last day in Saint Elizabeth, and the day after the reunion banquet I drove my family up the long steep road into the Santa Cruz mountains where my father and his twelve siblings once lived. We had a…
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-December 5th, Father’s Day – The King’s Birthday- On what I thought was my last week in Chiang Mai, I found out about the Smile Party, an open air reggae/rock concert being held at Lake Huay Tueng Thao. It was scheduled for Dec. 4th, the night before the King’s birthday….
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I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit. ~Khalil Gibran Loi Krathong (ลอยกระทง), sometimes spelled Loy Kratong or Loi Kratong, is a colorful festival held every year on the full…
Continue readingLoi Krathong (ลอยกระทง), sometimes spelled Loy Kratong or Loi Kratong, is a colorful festival held every year on the full moon of the twelfth month in the Thai Lunar calendar. Last year, I had the opportunity to attend the largest Loi Krathong festival in Northern Thailand. The Yee Peng Lantern Ceremony was held…
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