Sure Travel Journey Vol 3.2 Autumn 2017 | Page 31

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Bangkok-based travel writer and photographer Dave Stamboulis has been to a fair share of festivals in his adopted home country , ranging from traditional to whacky . If you ’ re looking for a unique experience , though , he recommends these six .
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Phi Ta Khon ( end June / early July 2017 ) This “ Ghosts Have Eyes ” festival has been written up as a cross between Mardi Gras , Halloween and a Grateful Dead concert . Indeed , it features music and dancing with costumed participants dressed in ghost masks made from sticky rice baskets and filled with bawdry symbolism . It ’ s a fertility festival celebrated in Dansai , Loei Province .
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