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Surin

Surin (สุรินทร์) is a town in Isaan, Thailand. Surin is a quiet, nondescript, town. Wikivoyage

Population 39,728 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Surin International Cultural Exchange

    January

    (formerly known as SIFF: Surin International Folklore Festival) เทศกาลการแสดงแลกเปลี่ยนศิลปวัฒนธรรมนานาชาติ (เดิมชื่อ เทศกาลการแสดงศิลปวัฒนธรรมพื้นบ้านนานาชาติ). Held every January by Surindra Rajabhat University.

  2. Surin Jasmine Rice and Silk Cloth Fair

    January

    Held every January, the Fair features contests of agricultural products, silk cloth, and presentations from governmental institutions

  3. Ascending Phanom Sawai Mountain Festival

    March

    This annual festival is a parade of traditional art and culture to Phanom Sawai mountain, in order to pay respect to Phra Yai, the intimate Buddha’s footprint, Luang Phu Dun, and Wat Phanom Silaram.

  4. Ordination parade on elephant's back

    May

    This tradition is held mostly on the 13th-15th day of the waxing moon in May (around mid-May).

  5. Long Boat Racing Festival

    October

    งานประเพณีชิงถ้วยพระราชทาน. Organized in October every year. Four types of racing for the royal trophy and the contest of boat beauty parade will be organized on Maenam Mun in front of Wat Pho, Tha Tum District

  6. Si Khoraphum Khmer Ruins Celebration and Loi Krathong

    November

    งานฉลองปราสาทศีขรภูมิและงานประเพณีลอยกระทง. The annual celebration is held every third weekend of November at Si Khoraphum Khmer Ruins.

  7. Surin Elephant Roundup and Surin Red Cross Fair

    November

    A three day-long event where elephants roam the streets of Surin and perform in various activities: soccer, beauty contests, battle re-enactments, and the like

  8. Eel Festival

    December

    เทศกาลงานปลาไหล. The fair is held at the field of Chumphon Buri District every third week of December, after the harvest, when eels are big enough to catch. Farmers normally can catch lots of eels at that time

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Surin); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

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