Activities that should be promoted
1. Clean up the rivers, both before and after
Loy Krathong celebration.
2. Perform good deeds, listen
to sermons, and practice the dharma.
3. Utilize local bio-degradable
materials in making Krathongs.
4. Promote alternative activities
such as a Krathong Contest, Hot-air
BalloonContest andothers. Presently, theNoppamas
Queen contest (The daughter of a Brahman priest and a lady
at the Court of King Phra Ruang of Sukhothai, who developed
a new style of lotus flower which were to be floated on the
streaming waters at night to please the King) is a new, but
indispensable feature.
5. Save use of fireworks in order to avoid hurting
people or damaging properties.
6. Don’t drink alcohol or quarrel with others,
especially, don’t drive drunk.
๑๐ Loy Krathong