Bangsaen Thailand Speed Festival 2009 - Thursday Super Car practice & qualifying

Bangsaen Thailand Speed Festival 2009 - Thursday Super Car practice & qualifying Video Clips. Duration : 6.43 Mins.

Bangsaen today makes the races I have seen at Bira this summer and autumn look like a cake walk by comparison and the number of crashes on 'out' laps was simply amazing along with the number of do-or-die passing moves executed during practice and qualifying. Great for the spectator though, this is pure racing entertainment. With most of today's sessions being only 15 minutes in duration it was eye-opening as to just how much damage could be done in such a short space of time and every session wrapped up with cars returning to the paddock on the end of towropes or on the back of flatbeds. The safety car was certainly clocking up some mileage today. It would really appear that no one has told the drivers that the first races are actually in two days time and I cannot guess what actually goes on at the official driver briefing. The track was pretty dirty and green and it would seem no one had noticed this fact, while the rapid fall in Thai November temperatures here as the afternoon ground into teatime meant the nature of the track was changing constantly and with each session the characteristics had evolved meaning the driver had to reacclimatise themselves. Bangsaen has a fearsome reputation, treat it with complacency and it will bite you back. As with so many race circuits in the world, respect is a keyword here. The net result once all the sessions had shaken out is that the paddock was a throbbing hive of activity when I stick my head in on the way home around eight o ...

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"Songkarn" - The Most famous Festival Of Thailand - The caress That You Will Never Forget

"Songkarn" - The Most famous Festival Of Thailand - The caress That You Will Never Forget

What does Songkarn means? How is it importance? You can find out the one of festival that you will never forget from this article.

Songkarn festival or water throwing festival is the long holiday for Thais and it is the one of the most important festival. The word "Songkarn" comes from Sanskrit language that means passing or approaching. This festival isn't only the funny celebrating but also the ceremony by Buddhism religion too. Family will seem to be appreciated in this period, especially the old people because their children will going back to their hometown and do greeting with their older relatives.

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Songkarn duration can isolate into three days and each day has their own definite name and activities that are different. April 13th is called "Songkarn day", April 14th is called "Nao day" or the day on which the sun travels between Pieces and Arise marking the old Thai New Year's Eve and April 15th the last day of this festival is called "Thai New Year's Day".

For the Activities, there are many kind of playing. The one that is familiar in worldwide is water throwing activity, this is the funniest operation at all in my opinion, people will go to the downtown of their own city for playing throwing water and painting face by chalk powder to the others even they are stranger. This operation will make people knows each other, sometimes getting a couple in this operation is possible.

Another customary operation that the one of Thai people will do by basically day, is doing the good thing or getting merit by offering food to the monk but it is separate from the ordinary day because they will go to the temple and it will have many activities over there such as Pouring scented water over Buddha image, building the sand pagodas and Playing some Thai customary plays that won't be seen in ordinary day and there will have some free Thai food for share with people who comes join this ceremony.

This is just example of Songkarn festival activity, there will have more over that you couldn't imagine. You can finding for more facts about Songkarn festival and the customary places that so noted for Songkarn festival by searching in Tat website but it will make you more convenience if you pick some packages that was created by Thai-tourism department that will serve convenient box for your life style.

"Songkarn" - The Most famous Festival Of Thailand - The caress That You Will Never Forget