Chiang Mai, Thailand. 02nd Nov, 2017. The wonderful Lantern Festival celebrated on the full moon month of the twelfth lunar month each year saw the open ceremony with traditional dancing and chanting by a monk in buddhist tradition to welcome the first day of the Yee Peng festival in Thailand northern city of Chiang Mai, when the rivers are at its fullest and the moon is at its brightest, is the perfect time to "make merit" and to make a wish for good fortune in the new year Credit: Paul Quezada-Neiman/Alamy Live News

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