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Wet & wild ends tonight
Rice festival this weekend
The giant water fight
commonly known as Songkran has entered its final hours, with Pattaya
thoroughly waterlogged and residents either thoroughly annoyed or
gearing up for tonight’s April 19 finale. The annual rice festivals
close out Songkran week starting at noon April 20 in Naklua and at Nong
Yai Temple beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The annual rice festival closes out Songkran week on
April 20 in Naklua. The day begins at noon with sports contests,
including Muay Thai boxing, slingshots and oily-post climbing.
The rice ceremony begins at 6 p.m. with a “ghost parade” and country
music concert by Blueberry and Kung Suthirat following.
Another rice festival also will be held at Nong Yai Temple at 6:30 p.m.
Blurry ghosts on parade
during last year’s festival.
Naklua Rice Festival map.
Naklua Rice Festival
events map.
Schedule
Pattaya Rice Festival 2013
Saturday 20 April 2013 at Lan Po Park, Naklua
Traditional sport competitions
12.00 pm. - Slingshot competition
01.30 pm. - Trakaw basket
- Sea boxing
- Greasy pole climbing
03.00 pm. - Other games and completions
05.00 pm. - The program finishes
Rice Festival (Kongkhao Ceremony)
06.00 pm. - Students’ shows
06.30 pm - Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon gives a
report
- Pattaya Mayor Ittiphol Khunplome marks the opening of the
ceremony
07.10 pm - Rice Festival Ceremony
- Pattaya Mayor worships deities and gives ceremonial speech
- Deities parade
- Deity blesses people joining the event
- Ghosts parade comes to eat the donated food
- Ghost representative conveys thanks to people for the food
- Firecracker lit to chase away ghosts
- Pattaya Mayor, officials, people dancing around a pile of
rice stack
- (The ceremony finishes)
08.00 pm. - Thai country music concert
12.00 am. - Pattaya Rice Festival Finishes
Similar ceremony of Nong Yai Temple Rice Festival starts at
06.30 pm. at Nong Yai Temple
Traditional sport competitions, Pattaya Rice Festival
Saturday 20 April 2013 at Lan Po Park, Naklua
1. Slingshot competition
1. Competitor
- Public : subscribe at the event
2. Categories and prizes
General : subscription fee 50 baht
- Winner prize 5,000 baht honor trophy
- 1st runner-up 3,000 baht honor trophy
- 2nd runner-up 2,000 baht honor trophy
- 3rd runner-up 1,000 baht honor trophy
- 4th runner-up 500 baht honor trophy
Team : subscription fee 50 baht
- Winner prize 5,000 baht honor trophy
- 1st runner-up 3,000 baht honor trophy
- 2nd runner-up 2,000 baht honor trophy
Youth aged under 13 years old : free subscription
- Winner prize 1,500 baht honor trophy
- 1st runner-up 1,000 baht honor trophy
- 2nd runner-up 500 baht honor trophy
2. Trakaw basket
1. Competitor
- 5 teams
2. Prizes
- Winner prize 5,000 baht honor trophy
- 1st runner-up 4,000 baht honor trophy
- 2nd runner-up 3,000 baht honor trophy
- 3rd runner-up 2,000 baht honor trophy
- 4th runner-up 1,000 baht honor trophy
3. Audience result prediction
The audience with the closest result (score) prediction will
be awarded.
3. Sea boxing
1. Fights in 4 weight classes;
- Weight under 30 kg.
- Weight between 30.1kg. – 40 kg.
- Weight between 40.1 kg. - 50 kg.
- Weight above 50 kg
Note: only 16 competitors each class, no age limit
2. Prizes (of all class)
- Winner prize 3,000 baht honor trophy
- 1st runner-up 1,500 baht honor trophy
Prizes for participating (of all class)
- First round (16 people) 100 baht
- Semi-final round (8 people) 200 baht
- Final round (4people) 500 baht
Note: Upon the competition rules
4. Greasy pole climbing
- Subscribe at the event -
5. Other completions
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