Monday, November 10, 2014
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Loy Krathong Day is one of the most popular
festivals of Thailand celebrated annually on the Full-Moon Day of the
Twelfth Lunar Month. It takes place at a time when the weather is fine
as the rainy season is over and there is a high water level all over the country.
"Loy" means "to float" and a "Krathong" is a lotus-shaped vessel made of banana leaves. The Krathong usually contains a candle, three incenses, some flowers and coins.
In fact, the festival is of Brahmin origin in which people offer thanks to the Goddess of the water. Thus, by moonlight, people light the candles and incenses, make a wish and launch their Krathongs on canals, rivers or even small ponds. It is believed that the Krathongs carry away sins and bad luck, and the wishes that have been made for the new year due to start. Indeed, it is the time to be joyful and happy as the sufferings are floated away.
The festival starts in the evening when there is a full moon in the sky. People of all walks of life carry their Krathongs to the nearby rivers. After lighting candles and incenses and making a wish, they gently place the Krathongs on the water and let them drift away till they go out of sight.
A Beauty Queen Contest is an important part of the festival and for this occasion. It is called "The Noppamas Queen Contest". Noppamas is a legendary figure from the Sukhothai period. Old documents refer to her as the chief royal consort of a Sukhothai King named "Lithai". Noppamas was said to have made the first decorated Krathong to float in the river on the occasion.
Listen Loy Kratong song in English on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLALTQ6hw4
"Loy" means "to float" and a "Krathong" is a lotus-shaped vessel made of banana leaves. The Krathong usually contains a candle, three incenses, some flowers and coins.
In fact, the festival is of Brahmin origin in which people offer thanks to the Goddess of the water. Thus, by moonlight, people light the candles and incenses, make a wish and launch their Krathongs on canals, rivers or even small ponds. It is believed that the Krathongs carry away sins and bad luck, and the wishes that have been made for the new year due to start. Indeed, it is the time to be joyful and happy as the sufferings are floated away.
The festival starts in the evening when there is a full moon in the sky. People of all walks of life carry their Krathongs to the nearby rivers. After lighting candles and incenses and making a wish, they gently place the Krathongs on the water and let them drift away till they go out of sight.
A Beauty Queen Contest is an important part of the festival and for this occasion. It is called "The Noppamas Queen Contest". Noppamas is a legendary figure from the Sukhothai period. Old documents refer to her as the chief royal consort of a Sukhothai King named "Lithai". Noppamas was said to have made the first decorated Krathong to float in the river on the occasion.
Listen Loy Kratong song in English on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLALTQ6hw4
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Spicy Mee Goreng Eating Contest
Can you take the heat?
Satay
House would loves to introduce “Spicy Mee Goreng Eating Contest” on
Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 7:00 pm.
If
you can finish up the highest level of Spicy Mee Goreng within 5 minutes without drinking
anything except water, vomiting, or spitting out, your dinner is FREE.
The first to finish eating the entire portion will receive $50 Satay House gift
certificate and have your photo on “Satay
House Hall of flame”
Drop your name and contact # at Satay House 213 E. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN
46545 or email to annaandlily@gmail.com
Contestants
must submit applications by Wednesday,
September
3, 2014 at 5 pm.
*Please
let us know if you are a vegetarian.
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