Lantern Festival

December 3, 2023 /

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Jeremiah, AKA Gino, was born in Bangkok, Thailand. Although he has spent most of his life in America and is a citizen of the United States, he is proud to return to the country of his birth to learn more about what it means to be a citizen of both the Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Heaven. Be watching for updates about his adventures and discoveries!

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My blog post is about Loy Krathong. Loy Krathong is a lantern festival in Thailand.

We made our own krathongs that float on water. Khru Em taught us how to fold the banana leaves.

Afterwards, they made us traditional Thai food called “pink noodles.” They are called pink noodles because they are pink.

After we ate, they taught us a dance.

We put our krathongs on the canal behind our house. We didn’t put incense in it, because we are not buddhists.

Also, we saw floating lanterns in the sky.

We didn’t float a lantern up, but we did find one that came down. When a buddhist person sends a lantern up, they are floating their sins away. I don’t believe that we can float our sins away, I think the only way you can be saved from your sins is by believing in Jesus Christ. So I didn’t mind that someone else’s “sin lantern” fell near me and I was not afraid to touch it.

Jeremiah

Jeremiah, AKA Gino, was born in Bangkok, Thailand. Although he has spent most of his life in America and is a citizen of the United States, he is proud to return to the country of his birth to learn more about what it means to be a citizen of both the Kingdom of Thailand and the Kingdom of Heaven. Be watching for updates about his adventures and discoveries!

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Grandma

December 24, 2023 at 10:15 AM Reply

What beautiful lanterns. And a great experience!! Thank you for sharing those great photos!

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