Over the coming holidays you might want to consider a round trip to Nong Khai where there is a large festival which lasts from the 3rd to the 7th of October 2017
With less than three weeks till the Wax Castle festival, TAT just posted the event on their website. That's fine if you are still in the planning stage of your trip. Unfortunately many tourists spend more that three weeks in deciding on their itinerary.
Building materials, mostly candle wax are donated by the community. Most of the early preparations are done during the cooler evening hours when wax is melted and poured into forms. This work is done mostly by novice monks and volunteers.
Most of the assembling is done during the day by artisans and apprentices.
Wax castles are on display at the city grounds (across from the police station) the evening prior to the parade
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