Hmong girls, Ghost festival, Thailand

Young girls from the Hmong tribe dressed in the traditional ethnic attire as part of the Ghost Festival parade.

The festival is unique to the Dan Sai district in Loei in the Northeast of Thailand and normally happens in June or July every year. The 3-day events mix ancient animist beliefs and rituals with Buddhist traditions and ceremonies, all mingling happily and seamlessly with the unique Thai way of having a great time, rain or shine.

River spirits and weather gods are paid homage with music, dance, fine clothing and elaborate costumes; sermons read, tales told, prayers said and chanting sung, the temple circumnavigated and rockets fired skywards, visitors teased with wooden swords and giant phalluses; all in the hope the beings in the world beyond are sufficiently appeased to grant a season free from flooding yet abundant rain for a good rice crop, whilst having fun.

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Taken in: Thailand / Changwat Loei / Ban Hua Na Yung (show map)

Taken on: July 7, 2016

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