by Maher Sattar
Pickup trucks? Check. Cowboy hats? Check. Questionable music? Every Thailand veteran already knows the answer to that one.
Every May, rocket festivals are held across Northeast Thailand (Isaan) and Laos at the start of the rainy season as a fertility ritual. But Bun Bangfai, held in the town of Yasothon, is by far the largest and craziest, with visitors and returning Isaan migrants streaming in from Bangkok and the rest of Thailand to check out the action.
This year's event takes place from May 11-15. If it's anything like last year's, expect an endlessly entertaining cast of characters, gathered together in Yasothon to drink, dance, leer and cheer at the explosive capacity of over 120 kilos of gunpowder used to fire each homemade rocket.
Here are seven essential albeit strange rocket festival components that help cement Bun Bangfai's explosive status as one of Thailand's wildest events.
1. The party animals 2. The performers 3. The Toad King, aka The Buddha 4. Mum 5. A very un-Disney princess 6. InsectsSource: http://rss.cnngo.com/~r/cnngo/~3/c1oYLDh9Cs4/yasothon-cowboys-6945
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