Sky Lantern Festival Thailand. The concept behind this festival stems from the faith that through sending buddha an offering into the sky, the spirit of a human being is cleansed and heal misfortune. Under the cover of the night sky, groups put on light fairs and shows.

Thanks to social media, people are flocking to northern thailand each year to take photos of paper lanterns floating on rivers and being released in the sky. The origin of the sky lanterns in thailand is connected to the beliefs of the lanna people.