December 5 King's Birthday December 10 Constitution Day December 31 New Year's Eve Festivals Chiang Mai Flower Festival Chiang Mai's flora is exhibited by floats and parades. This event, held at the Don Chedi memorial in Suphanburi province commemorates King Naresuan's victory over Burmese invaders in 1592. King's Birthday Lots of lights are displayed along Bangkok's Ratchadamnoen Avenue.
Some people erect shrines to the king outside their homes or offices.
This festival probably originated in Sukhothai. This is held on the full moon of the third lunar month in memory of Buddha's preaching to 1,250 enlightened monks. This is an annual pilgrimage to the Temple of the Holy Footprint at Saraburi, north-east of Bangkok. In the north-east, villagers make large rockets of bamboo which they fire into the sky to bring rain for their fields. The king takes part in this Brahmin ritual at Sanam Luang in Bangkok to officially kick off the rice-planting season.