Thailand: Festival lights up sky with 1,000 lanterns
02 November 2020 |
12:12 pm
The sky is dotted with bright lanterns in Chiang Mai for the Yi Peng festival. Many believe releasing the lanterns wards off bad karma and is a form of paying respect to Buddha.
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