At the end of April each year when the Lam Duann flowers are in bloom, Si Saket and I believe most if not all other provinces celebrate the Lam Duann festival. Unfortunately due to our holiday we were only able to experience some of it but what we saw was amazing. For 4 evenings teachers and students from all the colleges and schools performed a play of the history of Si Saket. It was so beautiful as everyone wore Thai Dress and even though they were all speaking in Thai, we were able to understand it all. It involved funny scenes and a large number of different Thai dances. My favourite part was at the end when a God was shown at the temple as the music was epic and the dance was so peaceful. There was a row of girls standing in the entrance to the temple. You could see the first girl but then only the arms of the others so it looked like the first person a had around 10 arms which then did this amazing dance. They also used elephants in the play to show how villagers moved them away form their villages years ago. They even had a little elephant baby which was so cute as it just kept on wondering around with no clue as to what was going on, it was just following its mother around.
Clem ad myself went to see it twice. First on the rehearsal day as it was free entry and then again with our friends where we were served food and drink. There was also a parade during the day after the performances had finished but we had left by then to go travelling so we didn't get a chance to see that unfortunately.
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