Craziest festival in Bangkok? | Navratri Festival Thailand

The Navratri Street festival takes place in Bangkok (Thailand) every year and lasts for 8 days. The street festival takes place on the final day and begins at Wat Khaek temple, a Hindu temple on Silom Road. The festival stretches around an entire block in Sathon, the CBD of Bangkok.

Interestingly, this festival is a festival celebrated by people who practice and believe in Hinduism. However, I was told by a good Thai friend of mine that many Buddhist Thai people also celebrate this festival as a handful of Thai Buddhists believe in and celebrate the Hindu God, Durga.

In this video I begin on the usually jam packed street of Sathon Road and make my way to the famous Chong Nonsi Walkway. On this walk I experience people dancing, singing, lighting incense and paying merit to the multitude of shrines that lined the streets.

Eventually, we are asked to turn around as the parade starts making its way down the same street that we are walking. We turn around and head to a bridge where we watch the parade pass through.

The main attraction of the parade was the 3 Hindu Monk-like fellas, two of whom had massive blades stuck through the left and right cheeks. They walk through the streets where hundreds (maybe thousands) of people are sat. The Hindu-monk like guys throw powder onto these people who reach out to the monk and chant the same chant, desperately reaching out so that they too may be blessed. #navratri #festival #bangkok #thailand

It was a very interesting cultural experience.

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