first: some background. we are in the midst of the yi peng festival (it coincides with loi krathong). it's a festival of lights. one weekend before loi krathong (which involves floating thousands of handmade boats down the river), there is a massive sky lantern (in thai: khom loi) launch. a multitude of people gather to send thousands of khom loi into the sky at the same moment. it. is. amazing.
the crowd gets ready to light the paper lanterns.
a friend lights our khom loi.
ray helps hold it while the lantern inflates.
our group releases the khom loi!
amazing sight!
a light-filled sky.
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is spectacular in photos. I can't even imagine how beautiful it would be in person.
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