Thursday, November 5, 2015

Chonburi - Long Boat Racing


While the provincial capital has a large buffalo race festival,

http://tinamue.blogspot.com/2010/10/chonburi-buffalo-racing.html

there is also a long boat race on Mabprachan Reservoir (covering both Nongprue and Pong municipalities) in November.
 The boats compete in two categories: 55 oarsmen or 30 oarsmen.
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The festival on the reservoir's shore is small, but there are activities for kids and also a buffalo race.