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How to say Loy Krathong (festival of floating offerings)
in Thai
ลอยกระทง
loi-grà-tong
Loy Krathong (festival of floating offerings)
loi midgrà lowtong mid
ลอย = to float, กระทง = the little vessel of banana trunk and leaves. Held on the full moon of the 12th lunar month, usually in November.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Literally
- float + leaf vessel
In a sentence
- ไปลอยกระทงกันไหมbpai loi-grà-tong gan mǎiShall we go float krathongs?
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Loy Krathong: saying sorry to the river
From the same situation: Weekend: temple, beach, Songkran
- ไปเที่ยวto go on a trip, to go out for fun
- วันหยุดholiday, day off
- ทะเลsea
- เกาะisland
- ภูเขาmountain
- น้ำตกwaterfall
- ธรรมชาติnature
- สงบpeaceful, quiet
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