ประเพณีบุญบั้งไฟ(bprà-pay-nee bun bâng fai)
Meanings
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Rocket Festival
The traditional Rocket Festival, a merit-making ceremony in northeastern Thailand where homemade rockets are launched into the sky to ask the gods for rain
Examples
คนอีสานkon ee-săanคนอีสานkon ee-săan1Isan person; Northeasterner (Thailand)2the Isan people (collective)จัดjàtจัดjàt1[to] arrange; organize; set up2[to] provide; supply; allocate3[to] impose; levy; enforce; arrange (officially)4intense; extreme (colloquial)ประเพณีบุญบั้งไฟbprà-pay-nee bun bâng faiประเพณีบุญบั้งไฟbprà-pay-nee bun bâng faiRocket Festivalทุกปีtúk bpeeทุกปีtúk bpeeevery year; annuallyเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofขอฝนkŏr fŏnขอฝนkŏr fŏn[to] pray for rainจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)พญาแถนpá-yaa tăenพญาแถนpá-yaa tăensky/rain deity in Lao–Isan and Tai folklore
Northeastern people hold the traditional Rocket Festival every year to ask Phaya Thaen for rain.
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ประเพณีบุญบั้งไฟbprà-pay-nee bun bâng faiประเพณีบุญบั้งไฟbprà-pay-nee bun bâng faiRocket Festival