Northern region · the offbeat side of Chiang Mai.
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A northern Thai feast eaten cross-legged on the floor around a low pedestal tray called a khantoke — a rotating spread of Lanna dishes shared from small bowls while traditional music and hill-tribe dances unfold beside you.
On the full moon of the twelfth lunar month, Chiang Mai releases thousands of glowing paper lanterns into the night sky while rivers fill with candle-lit floats — Thailand's most luminous festival, doubled.