Wax Castle Parade
Communities from around the Sakon Nakhon province spend a considerable amount of time and money constructing large model Buddhist temples out of wax. These impressive models are loaded onto trailers and driven through the city during the annual wax castle parade. It draws quite a large number of Thai tourists, and a few expats as well, but is still relatively unknown to foreign tourists. The parade takes place at the end of Buddhist lent or ook-pansa in Thai. As Buddhist lent is according to the lunar calendar, it is held in October but not on the same day each year.
