Cultural & Traditional - Krabi
Krabi Boek Fa Andaman Festival
Krabi Boek Fa Andaman Festival is annually held to inaugurate the provinces tourist season. The festival features parades, local products contests, sea Kayak competitions and boat races.
Laanta Lanta Festival
The Laanta Lanta (Amazing Lanta) festival is being held at Ban Yao, the municipal office of Lanta Island, to promote tourism after the devastation from the December 26 tsunami. Ban Yao is the former area of Chinese people who emigrated from China 100 years ago. The festival features several activities, such as competitions of rice pounding and coconut grating. There are local performances, cooking demonstrations, Muslim cultural demonstrations, and sale of seafood. For more information, please call 0-7562-2163-4 or 0-7562-0836.
Loi Ruea Chao Le Festival
Loi Ruea Chao Le Festival is a rare festival on Koh Lanta of sea gypsies. The festival is held annually, on the full moon day in the sixth and the eleventh months of the lunar calendar. The sea gypsies on Koh Lanta and from neighbouring areas will gather at the beach near Ban Sala Dan to float boats in the sea in order to bring good luck. The Rong Ngeng, a typical southern dance as well as traditional music, will be performed around the boats.
