Yasothon Province

[Braveheart]

Yasothon (Thai: ยโสธร) is one of the provinces (changwat) of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand.

 

The northern part of the province are plains with low hills, while the southern part is the river lowland of the river Chi, with several ponds and swamps.

 

The province was created on March 1, 1972, when it was split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.

 

Yasothon is famous for the Rocket Festival, held every year in May. Originally a fertility rite it has become the major festival of the year in the region. Every school in Yasothon trains its pupils to dance "Peun Muang", a traditional local dance so they can join the Rocket festival. Pornsuree Seesang now 19 and studying in Bangkok danced in the Rocket festival as a child, she remembers the fun but also the heat as the children will dance for 4-5 hours.

 

The seal of the province shows two lions facing the chedi Pra A-non, in the temple Wat Maha That in the city Yasothon. The two lions refer to the legend of the founding of the city - when the site of the city was chosen a lion came out of the forest, hence the city was called Ban Ta Singh, meaning city of the lion.

In the bottom of the seal is a lotus flower (Nymphaea lotus), as the lotus is both the provincial flower of the province as well as of the province Ubon Ratchathani, of which Yasothon was part until 1972. Provincial tree is Anisoptera costata.

 

The province is subdivided into 9 districts (amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 78 communes (tambon) and 835 villages.

 

Extracted from Wikipedia: Yasothon Province

[swagman]

Yasothon (Thai: ยโสธร) is one of the provinces (changwat) of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand.

 

The northern part of the province are plains with low hills, while the southern part is the river lowland of the river Chi, with several ponds and swamps.

 

The province was created on March 1, 1972, when it was split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.

 

Yasothon is famous for the Rocket Festival, held every year in May. Originally a fertility rite it has become the major festival of the year in the region. Every school in Yasothon trains its pupils to dance "Peun Muang", a traditional local dance so they can join the Rocket festival. Pornsuree Seesang now 19 and studying in Bangkok danced in the Rocket festival as a child, she remembers the fun but also the heat as the children will dance for 4-5 hours.

 

The seal of the province shows two lions facing the chedi Pra A-non, in the temple Wat Maha That in the city Yasothon. The two lions refer to the legend of the founding of the city - when the site of the city was chosen a lion came out of the forest, hence the city was called Ban Ta Singh, meaning city of the lion.

In the bottom of the seal is a lotus flower (Nymphaea lotus), as the lotus is both the provincial flower of the province as well as of the province Ubon Ratchathani, of which Yasothon was part until 1972. Provincial tree is Anisoptera costata.

 

The province is subdivided into 9 districts (amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 78 communes (tambon) and 835 villages.

 

Extracted from Wikipedia: Yasothon Province

[swagman]

I don't wish to be a fly in the ointment but the rockets (at Boon bang fy) were originally & still are to please the rain sprits & also to 'shake the clouds'. Thai's have allways mixed Buddist beliefs with Hindu & Animistic rites (I.E Spirt houses) I've sent a few large rockets of myself via a car battery- Dam good fun, but never been dragged in the mud...yet!