If you think Sky lantern festival at Taiwan is too far for you, but Thailand also got such events called Loi Krathong.
The Loi Krathong Festival is celebrated nationwide in Thailand, especially where there are rivers, canals or sources of water, with different unique characteristics, they use to float the banana-leaf containers decorated with flowers and candles onto the river to worship the Goddess of Water. (River Floating Lanterns)
At Chiang Mai. 1-3th November 2009, they have Lanna-style hot-air lanterns, they flying thousand and even million in the same time. (Sky Lantern) This for help rid the locals of troubles and are also taken to decorate houses and streets.
I really wish to stand under the lanterns, how romantic ~















