Twelve Festivals of Isaan People

Explore Heet Sip Song (ฮีต 12), the twelve traditional festivals and merit-making customs celebrated month by month in Isan, northeast Thailand. Follow the lunar calendar from monks’ meditation retreats and rice harvest blessings to Songkran, the Rocket Festival, Buddhist Lent candle processions, the illuminated fire boats of Nakhon Phanom, and the Kathin robe offering. Find out how each tradition connects Buddhism with rice farming and village life.

Thai Vocabulary:
ประเพณี (bprà-pee-nee) – Tradition
ฮีต 12 (hîit sìp-sɔ̌ɔng) – The 12 traditions of Isan
ทำบุญ (tam bun) – To make merit
บั้งไฟ (bâng fai) – Homemade rocket
เข้าพรรษา (kâo pan-sǎa) – Start of Buddhist Lent
ปฏิทินจันทรคติ (bpà-tì-tin jan-tá-rá-ká-tì) – Lunar calendar

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Twelve Festivals of Isaan People

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