Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2008


Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival 2008 Part 1
Here in part 1 you will see the beginning of the Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival Parade, part of the old city wall and moat. If you like Here in part 1 you will see the beginning of the Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival Parade, part of the old city wall and moat. If you like marching bands, colorful floats and pretty girls come watch the video. More in Part 2.


Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival 2008 Part 2
part of Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival 2008 not only will you see more colorful floats made with flowers and marching bands but the pretty ladies Chiang Mai is famous n this second part of Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival 2008 not only will you see more colorful floats made with flowers and marching bands but the pretty ladies Chiang Mai is famous for and Wat Doi Suthep Temple from the parade grounds. You can see more in Part 3.


Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival 2008 Part 3
Chiang Mai Thailand Flower festival video we look at the different flowers on display and close up look at the floats....Thailand Chiangmai festival flower parade 2008


Flower festival parade, Chiang Mai 2008 (1)
The yearly flower festival in Chiang Mai is held early Februari. In 2008 Februari 1-3, with the parade on the second day. This first part The yearly flower festival in Chiang Mai is held early Februari. In 2008 Februari 1-3, with the parade on the second day. This first part was filmed from the upper floor of Starbucks.


Flower festival parade, Chiang Mai 2008 (2)
The yearly flower festival in Chiang Mai is held early Februari. In 2008 Februari 1-3, with the parade on the second day. This second part The yearly flower festival in Chiang Mai is held early Februari. In 2008 Februari 1-3, with the parade on the second day. This second part was filmed at street level in front of the Art Café, opposite Starbucks.

Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2007

Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2007
Get back to 30 years ago, Chiang Mai was facing tremendous changes in the name of modernization. Most of Chiang Mai were concerned that this would definitely damage identity of Chiang Mai. Since The northern Capital known as “The Rose of the North”, Chiang Mai people all tried restoring Chiang Mai centuries old charming by planting flower, orchids, shrubs and blossoming trees throughout the city. Then in 1977, Chiang Mai provincial administration office cooperation with Chiang Mai city Municipality and Tourism Authority of Thailand including other public and private organization joined hands to organize the 1st Chiang Mai Flower Festival Week, from 6th - 12th February. Later in 1978 this festival was changed to the Chiang Mai Flower Festival, and the period reduced to 3 days. The Festival has been held since on the first Friday, Saturday and Sunday of February annually. Tourism Authority of Thailand has been recorded this event into festival calendar of event of Thailand as well as has promoted Chiang Mai Flower Festival to overseas. The number of tourists attending this festival was increasingly year by year.

On Saturday morning the procession of glorious decorated floats are opened by parading from Nawarat Bridge over the Ping River to Buak Haad public Park at the south west corner of city moats, where the inauguration of the festival took place. The highlight of this festival is the beauty pageant contests, for Ms Flower Bloom and Ms International Flower Bloom. (The first is for Thai and the second is for foreigner.) There are also the floral exhibitions as well as the exhibitions from private organization, local products fair, flower’s photo and painting contest and musical show in the garden. Most of Major activities are held at Buakhaat Public Park, except the traditional market “Kad Mua” is held in front of the Governor’s residence at the Nawarat Bridge.

Remarked: This year 2007, the Flower Festival will be held occasionally from 1-4 February, 2007 which continue to the Royal Flora 2006.