Koh Samui Events Calendar
Koh Samui plays host to a number of notable annual local festivals and ex-pat events, which are open for everyone to enjoy –residents, the Thai community and holiday makers can all participate, or spectate.
Songkran
The Thai New Year, is celebrated on the full moon in mid-April. It's a huge holiday for the whole country and a lot of fun on Koh Samui. Whilst Thais observe many religious and family duties around this time, to the farang it can look like one giant party, with a huge communal water fight being the order of the day. Trucks drive around the ring road with barrels of water and passengers armed with super-soaker water pistols – much music and merriment ensues and everyone gets sopping wet, covered in talc and sporting massive grins – unbeatable fun.
Koh Samui International Regatta
In the first week of June, the annual Koh Samui Regatta is becoming a popular fixture on the international yachting calendar. Samui is buzzing with maritime gossip throughout the month, and the island's clubs, restaurants and bars host regatta parties for sailors and spectators alike, ensuring that the Regatta is one of the main social events of the year.
For more information visit www.samuiregatta.com
Samui Global Mala
Held in September at the lovely Tamarind Springs day spa, the Global Mala is a community ‘fundraising and fun-raising’ festival aimed at fostering awareness of environmental issues on the island. There are seminars, yoga and massage, kids space, veggie food, live music, dance and much much more. While only in its second year in 2008, the festival is proving to be a real gem: strengthening community ties, raising money for environmental education on the island, and providing a great day out for all the family.
For more information visit Samui's Global Mala web site
Loy Kratong
In mid-November, Loi Kratong is the beautiful ceremonial festival of lights. Small floating offerings made from flowers, leaves and candles are set off to float on the rivers and ocean. This is said to symbolize, amongst other things, the sending away of negativity from the previous year and placing a strand of hair, a fingernail, and nine one-baht coins, attracts good luck for the coming year. The beaches of Bohput, Chaweng and Lamai are all busy around nightfall with people floating offerings, and the bobbing ocean-bound candles, combined with the air-borne lanterns dotting the sky create an enchanting scene.
For more information visit Wikipedia
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