Boun Bang Fai (Rocket Festival)

A ceremony for calling for the rains is performed in the temple during the morning. In the afternoon, people gather in fields on the outskirts of towns and villages to launch their rockets with much revelry. Villages, communities and civil departments compete for the best decorated and the highest traveling rockets. Beginning around the middle of May, the festival dates are staggered from village to village, enabling more participation and larger attendances.