After leaving the wonderful Faasai resort we headed North to Korat. From there we were able to witness two awesome sites: Phanom Rung and the Korat Candle Festival. Phanom Rung was built around the time of Angkor Wat and (in our opinion) we enjoyed it more... less tourists (dang farangs) as it's kind of difficult to get to. That night we were treated to a huge festival in the town of Korat - the Candle Festival. It's basically the start of "Buddhist Lent" where the monks spend 3 months indoors. Because of this, the laypeople would offer huge candles to the monks to help them stay inside and gain merit. Overtime it evolved to a near Mardi Gras-esque festival with huge floats made of carved wax (giant candles) and tons of singing, dancing and prayers. The only thing we noticed was that there was zero drinking... so maybe it's more like ash Wednesday. :)
All of the pictures should be uploaded and we hope you enjoy!
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