Sakon Nakhon - Live

For years now I've been at the starting gate at 6 a.m., every December 11.  Health willing, I won't miss out this year. The celebrat...

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Times change, nothing stays the same.  That's very obvious with the Sakon Nakhon Chinese celebration in December. The yearly tradition c...

Preparations are under way for next week's celebrations Schedule translation pending  I do know parade starts at 6 am on the eleventh....

The day before the big parade is a good time to visit the Chinese temple (Chao Pu-Chao Ya Shrine).   A variety of art from paintings, ca...

The Parade starts quite early. 6 or 6:30 am. On Rat Phatthana Road, near bus station one, the parade breaks off into a number or t...

Didn't make it to the starting gate (parade starts at the temple) because I had stopped off at a clinic for a blood test. Ha...

My first year in Sakon Nakhon I had the privilege of getting a behind the scenes look at this festival   ,...

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Many of my friends participated in the festival that year, which gave me the opportunity to visit all night as preparations were mad...

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