Loy Krathong

Loy Krathong is a Thai holiday in which people make boats to float down the river carrying prayers to the river gods.  like any good party, it started with some food

 Then we got to try our hand at making a boat, or krathong.  the circle is a section of bamboo and we added banana leaves for decoration followed by flowers and candles and incense.

 They had some traditional costumes on display and had some dance performances as well.

Here are the boys' finished floats, Coryn had some help from some Thai ladies and they didn't have any flowers left when Carter was finished.  We didn't feel up to floating them that evening, so they ended up as table decorations for a week or so.  Next year I plan to be up in Chiang Mai for their version which includes lantern floating akin to what you see in Tangled.