{"id":15433,"date":"2026-01-28T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/?p=15433"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:00:17","slug":"culture-and-traditions-how-holidays-are-celebrated-in-thailand-and-how-scandinavians-participate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/culture-and-traditions-how-holidays-are-celebrated-in-thailand-and-how-scandinavians-participate\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture and Traditions \u2013 How Holidays Are Celebrated in Thailand and How Scandinavians Participate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div   data-size='featured'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='4554'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-lazy_loading='disabled'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='22.395833333333'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 22.395833333333%;' ><li  class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4554 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-4554\"  src=\"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0164-1-1920x430.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"430\" title='IMG_0164' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-15433'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1957\"><strong data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1839\">Culture and Traditions \u2013 How Holidays Are Celebrated in Thailand and How Scandinavians Participate<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1957\"><br data-start=\"1839\" data-end=\"1842\" \/>Thailand has a rich cultural calendar, and taking part in celebrations is a way to deeply understand the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1959\" data-end=\"2044\">For many who live in Scandinavian Village, holidays are the highlights of the year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2046\" data-end=\"2238\"><strong data-start=\"2046\" data-end=\"2083\">Songkran \u2013 Thai New Year in April<\/strong><br data-start=\"2083\" data-end=\"2086\" \/>Famous for its water fights, but also for family gatherings and temple visits. Scandinavians in Bang Saen often participate in the quieter ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2240\" data-end=\"2414\"><strong data-start=\"2240\" data-end=\"2277\">Loy Krathong \u2013 Festival of Lights<\/strong><br data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2280\" \/>In November, small floating candles are set on the water to honor the gods. A magical evening, even for newly arrived Scandinavians.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2416\" data-end=\"2594\"><strong data-start=\"2416\" data-end=\"2456\">The King\u2019s Birthday and National Day<\/strong><br data-start=\"2456\" data-end=\"2459\" \/>Public holidays where the whole country lights up in yellow. A great opportunity to participate in local culture in a respectful way.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15435,"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15433\/revisions\/15435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scandinavianvillage.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}