Yasothon is famous for its boisterous Rocket Festival every May,when
giant home-made missiles are launched into the air in a symbolic
rain-making gesture.
In the town at Wat Mahathat,Phra That Yasothon is a much-visited
Lao-style chedi,said to be over 1,200 years old. It enshrines holy
relics of Phra Ananda,one of Lord Buddha is chief disciples. That Kong
Khao Noi is an ancient Khmer chedi with a much revered brick and stucco
Buddha that is ritually bathed every April. The handicraft village of
Ban Si Than is famed for the triangular pillows used in most Thai
households.
Yasothon has an area of 4,161 square kilometres. It is divided into
the following districts: Muang, Kham Khuean Kaeo, Maha Chana Chai, Pa
Tio, Loeng Nok Tha, Kut Chum, Kho Wang, Sai Mun and Thai Charoen. |
