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Fah Thai Magazine Nov-Dec 2018

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OVERTURES<br />

NEWS AND EVENTS<br />

<strong>2018</strong><br />

23NOV<br />

VIENTIANE<br />

THAT LUANG FESTIVAL<br />

To the Lao people, That Luang Festival (or<br />

Boun That Luang) is a home-coming festival.<br />

Visitors to Vientiane, the Lao capital, can<br />

experience this festive event that could last<br />

for a week, offering the best time to mingle<br />

and experience local culture and hospitality.<br />

Standing 148 feet tall in the centre of<br />

Vientiane will be the enormous pagoda<br />

of That Luang, a most respected national<br />

monument. Legend has it that Ashokan<br />

missionaries from India built a pagoda there<br />

to house a piece of Lord Buddha’s breastbone<br />

in the third century BC. With the full moon<br />

in <strong>Nov</strong>ember every year, the Lao people<br />

gather to celebrate the religious ceremony<br />

for three days. This year, the full moon will<br />

be on <strong>Nov</strong>ember 23, with the festival starting<br />

with a colourful candlelight and ‘wax castle’<br />

procession at Wat Si Meuang and ending at<br />

the pagoda. Thousands of monks and tens<br />

of thousands of religious pilgrims come<br />

from all over the country and even from<br />

<strong>Thai</strong>land, Cambodia and Vietnam to attend<br />

the festival. Buddhist devotees carry large<br />

arrangements of marigold flowers to the<br />

pagoda and also food offerings to That Luang<br />

early in the morning before doing the same<br />

for Buddhist monks. One week before the<br />

religious festival, a huge fair features goods<br />

and exhibitions from all over the world.<br />

tourismlaos.org<br />

8-16DEC<br />

<strong>2018</strong><br />

CHIANG MAI<br />

CHIANG MAI DESIGN WEEK <strong>2018</strong><br />

The fourth incarnation of this vibrant design<br />

fair is all the buzz about town this <strong>Dec</strong>ember.<br />

Artists, designers and craftsmen from near<br />

and far will be sharing their work in pretty<br />

much every nook and cranny of Chiang Mai.<br />

Spearheaded by the <strong>Thai</strong>land Creative & Design<br />

Center (TCDC), this ambitious gathering unites<br />

over 200 collaborators and offers a slew of<br />

activities from workshops, talks, pop-up markets,<br />

and design showcases to performances.<br />

Chiang Mai sparks up when this inspiring<br />

design festival enlivens the town’s creative<br />

atmosphere. Inventive activities are dotted<br />

across the city with events highlighting<br />

innovative design and modern living, while<br />

paying homage to the area’s rich heritage in<br />

arts and culture. With the innovative lead of<br />

<strong>Thai</strong>land’s CDC, in partnership with a slew<br />

of local businesses and organisations, all are<br />

welcome to visit, participate and observe the<br />

city from a new perspective. Hopefully your<br />

imagination will be invigorated as well!<br />

chiangmaidesignweek.com<br />

13-16DEC<br />

<strong>2018</strong><br />

PATTAYA<br />

WONDERFRUIT FÊTE<br />

Get ready for the big event in music, the arts,<br />

thought-provoking talks and the theme of<br />

sustainable living. It’s time for Wonderfruit <strong>2018</strong>,<br />

which is returning again from 13-16 <strong>Dec</strong>ember<br />

<strong>2018</strong>. This year, the event will be held in a new<br />

home, just a kilometre away from the previous<br />

site, and within the grounds of Siam Country<br />

Club in Pattaya. Expect lush venues surrounded<br />

by shady coconut plantations in a tropical forest,<br />

with pristine lakes, nearby beaches, and stunning<br />

sunsets set against mountain vistas that’s the<br />

glory of Pattaya. It may be a new venue, but the<br />

fun and enlightenment will all be the same.<br />

Enjoy live music and international DJs with<br />

a line-up that includes Nicolas Lutz, Craig<br />

Richards, Mathew Jonson, Margaret Dygas,<br />

Job2do, Costlywood, Bobby Pleasure, Carmen<br />

Rizzo, Felix Dickinson, Fleetmac Wood, Gidge,<br />

Goldie and The Ensemble, Horse Meat Disco,<br />

Howie Lee, Kweku Collins, Libella, Lord Echo,<br />

Kuniyuki and much more! Experience sustainable<br />

and innovative art and architecture created by<br />

artists from all over the world such as Solar<br />

Stage by Gregg Fleishman, The Quarry by<br />

All(zone), Theatre Stage by Mpdstudio, Eco<br />

Pavilion by Ab Rogers Design, Theater of Feasts<br />

by Ab Rogers Design, Bath House by Ab Rogers<br />

Design, Molam Bus from the Jim Thompson Art<br />

Center, etc. Apart from the eclectic music and<br />

art, on tap are a variety of activities everyone<br />

can enjoy–such as perspective-shifting talks and<br />

workshops, world-class cuisine, and familyfriendly<br />

activities. Get your ticket and get set for<br />

the fun and global inspiration! wonderfruit.co/th<br />

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