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Rocket Festival
The Rocket Festival (Thai บุญบั้งไฟ Bun Bungfai) takes place in a number of locations both in Isan, Thailand and in Laos, but it is most vigorously and most famously celebrated in Isan's Yasothon province. It is held in May, in the sixth lunar month. Originating in pre-Buddhist times, it is a fertility rite held to celebrate and to encourage the coming of the rainy season. Home-made, richly-decorated rockets are paraded through the towns before being launched into the air. They can be nine metres long and carry 20-25 kg of gunpowder. The winner of the competition is the owner of the rocket which travels the highest, while those whose rockets misfire are covered with mud. Smutty humour is widespread.
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