Q&A: i need in formations about holidays in Thailand?
Question by shapeshifter7: i need in formations about holidays in Thailand?
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Hi Shapeshifter!
The list of local holidays in Thailand are as follows:
January 1 New Year’s Day or Wan Khun Pee Mai
February Magha Puja Mahka Bucha (buddist holiday)
April 6 Chakri Memorial Day Commemorates King Rama I, founder of the Chakri dynasty
April 13-April 15 Thai New Year Songkran
May Vesak Visakha Bucha Based on Thai lunar calendar (the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the sixth lunar month), Theravada Buddhist holiday
May Royal Ploughing Ceremony Government only
May 1 Labour Day Bank holiday only
May 5 Coronation Day Commemorates the coronation of the reigning king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, in 1950
July Asalha Puja Asanha Bucha Based on Thai lunar calendar (the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the eighth lunar month), government only, Theravada Buddhist holiday
July Vassa Khao Phansa Based on Thai lunar calendar (the first day after the waxing moon of the eighth lunar month), Theravada Buddhist holiday
July 1 Mid-year Day Bank holiday only
August 12 Mother’s Day Commemorates birthday of the current queen
October 23 Chulalongkorn Day Wan Piyamaharat Commemorates King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), the anniversary of his death
December 5 National Day and Father’s Day Commemorates birthday of the current king Bhumibol Adulyadej
December 10 Constitution Day Commemorates the change to constitutional monarchy in 1932
December 31 New Year’s Eve
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