Chiang Mai Flower Festival
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The festival is held over a three-day period on the first weekend of February.
Some of the young women in the parade will participate in a beauty contest later in the day, vying to be crowned queen of the festival.
This young Lanna woman is dressed in elegant Thai silk and is holding a traditional mulberry-paper and bamboo umbrella.
Thai silk—tastefully luxurious, richly colored, intricately patterned—is much in evidence among those marching in the parade, all of whom wear traditional attire.
The intricate and meticulous flower designs that make up the patterns and details on some of the floats are mind-boggling.
These particular photos were taken during the Year of the Rabbit, and rabbits were much in evidence on the floats.
This float, featuring three kings, recreates a statue that stands near the center of Chiang Mai's old inner city, commemorating a historic event.
The multi-headed elephant Erawan from Hindu mythology, with Garuda and Indra in back.
A closer look at Garuda, the part-human part-bird creature, in front, with Indra, god of thunder and storms and ruler of Tavatimsa Heaven, in back
