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Festival of Thailand
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Northeasterners celebrate the end of the
annual Buddhist Rains Retreat (Ok Phansa) by constructing
beeswax creations in the form of miniature Buddhist
temples and shrines (wax castles) in the belief that
accrued merit enables them to personally determine their
future rebirth. After wax castles are ceremoniously
paraded throughtout the provincial, and presented to
temples, the province annual regatta takes plaoe amid
cheerful festivities the following day.