Dining

Japanese food festival in the Sui -Zen-Te Japanese Restaurant at Chiang Mai Hills Hotel. Welcome the winter with hot Japanese food, called “O-na-be”, kept warm by a gentle fire in the middle of the table. Most original Japanese meals and dishes are on offer. Enjoy shabu-shabu, meats sliced into small pieces, mixed with several kinds of vegetables and cooked in soup or curry, with sauces added to taste, or sukiyaki, until the end of December.

Entertainment

“The Pub”, one of the most popular meeting places among the local and expat community in Chiangmai, offers an extended ‘Happy Hour” every Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. Don’t miss the Sunday Brunch, featuring roast, carvery, or buffet; great place for the whole family. The Pub is located at Huay Kaew Road; call 0 5321 1550 to find out what’s on the menu this week.

December 20 at the Mae Ping Beer Garden, Imperial Mae Ping Hotel - Carlsberg Cowboy Night 2002 includes: Kung Kittkun and Bhusaming Noasawan in concert (country music), cowboy games, beer drinking, sawing and fighting contests, and the Chamberland Band in concert. December 31 - Welcome the New Year at Fantasia Night 2002 - Chamberland Band in concert, two nice singers Meaw and Tom, Elvis show and dancing with merry music, grand dance show, grand cabaret show, celebration salute, count down for the coming year.

Events

Chiang Mai Mardi Gras and Music Festival in the Night Bazaar area finishes this weekend, December 14 - Admission is Free. Changklan Road (Night Bazaar) will be decorated in Lanna style, and there will be 3 major activities: the Fascinating Hotel Food & Beverage, the Fascinating Pub & Restaurant and the Fascinating Made in Chiang Mai Handicraft. There will also be 3 separate stages, the Center Stage, Talent Show Stage, and the Cultural Stage. Lanna musical plays, Lanna dances, and contests, plus a modeling and music contest for the HRH Princess Ubolratana Trophy. The list of events for the final day of the festival includes: December 14 - Center Stage: 6 p.m. music concert, 8 p.m. modeling contest, 10 p.m. official opening ceremony by Prime Minister Taksin Shinawatra, 5 p.m. rhythm & blues concert. Talent Show Stage: 7 p.m. 1st and 2nd runners-up and winner of music contest shows, 8 p.m. 1st and 2nd runners-up and winner of dancing contest shows, 8.30 p.m. talent show, 9 p.m. winner of music and dancing contest show, 10 p.m. talent show. Cultural Stage: 7 p.m. Lanna instrumental, 8 p.m. Lanna music concert, 8.30 p.m. Lanna drum show, 10 p.m. Lanna dance.

Prem Tinsulanonda International School presents an Arts Festival December 15-20 at the Prem Center Art Gallery. Art exhibition, theatre, musical performances & dinner theatre. Reservations only. Tickets can be purchased from the school secretary at the Prem Center. Tel. 0 5330 1500.

From the TAT - The 3rd Tea Leaf and Trees Festival continues through Dec 31, in Chiang Rai Province. Exhibition, demonstration and tea tasting, stage show, orchid contest and local products on sale. For more information, contact the Agriculture and Co-operative Department Office 0 66 5371 8790,0 66 718 970.

Dok Buatong Festival (Mexican sunflower) at Doi Mae Ukor in Mae Hong Son Province runs through December 15. Organized by the Mae Hong Son Provincial Office, the annual festival celebrates the spectacular blooming of the Mexican Sunflowers around Doi (Mountain) Mae Ukor, in Khunyuam District. A wide range of activities are planned including displays of local products, sales of handicrafts, and local cultural art performances. For further information contact TAT Mae Hong Son Office, 053 612 982, fax. 053 612 984, Khunyuam Forestry Department Offices, 053 691 133, Khunyuam District Office, 053 691 108.

The Chiangmai Gymkhana Club’s Christmas Gala Dinner Party, takes place Saturday, December 21, beginning at 7 p.m. Golf starts at 7.00 a.m. Members & family 500 baht. Non- members 600 baht, children half price. Bring gifts to exchange 200 baht +. Full spread Christmas feast with turkey, ham, roast lamb, pig picking, etc.

The Chiang Mai Rose Festival 2002 takes place December 20-22 at the Kum Tieng plant markets (on a side street just south of the Super Highway and west of Lotus Super Center). Open from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., and the event is supported by the Tourism Authority of Thailand Northern Office Region 1, Agriculture Department, Chiang Mai Provincial Agriculture and Cooperative Office, and the Kum Tieng Pattana Company. Activities include contests for the best roses, an exhibition of roses, rose planting demonstrations, demonstrations on how to make dried roses using microwave, flower arranging contests, rose drawing contests, a rose clinic, and the display of the roses from the Phu-Ping Royal Palace.

The Royal Project Foundation presents the Doi Kham Fair December 27-29 at the Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Nimmanhaemin Rd. The fair is held annually to promote Royal Project Foundation products. This year there will be an exhibition, a seminar under the title “herbs plants in the Royal Project area for trade”, and stalls where herbs and products of the Royal Project Foundation will be on sale.

From the TAT - Souvenir Week Fair through Dec 31, Part 1 in Chiang Mai. Souvenirs and products on sale. For more information, contact the Industry Promotion Center 0 66 5324 5361 – 2.

From the TAT - Chiang Mai Winter Fair and Red Cross Festival from Dec 12 - Jan 31 at the field of the government back side (gotta love the description!) in Chiang Mai. Exhibition and product sales from the Chiang Mai government and private sector. For more information, contact the Chiang Mai Provincial Office 0 66 5322 1457, 0 66 212 972.

 

Future Events

January

The Maejo Fair 2003 to showcase local developments will be held January 23 – 26 at Wingspan Pitch fairgrounds on the Maejo University campus, Sansai District, Chiang Mai. Government departments, foundations, royal projects, private clubs and associations will exhibit their wares. The fair’s objectives include showcasing the works of royal agricultural projects, highlighting development in science and technology in agriculture and the environment, and to preserve local culture and give academic advice to farmers. Exhibitions, seminars, competitions, dealing with plants, animals and pets, agricultural products, demonstrations, entertainment, traveling, sports, and retail shops.

February

The 3rd EXPOMAP will be held February 3-7 at the Lotus Pang Suan Kaew Hotel, organized by the International Council for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ICMAP) in cooperation with Chiang Mai University. Medicinal and aromatic plants experts from all over the world gather for a conference, academic meeting and exhibition. Exhibitions of medicinal and aromatic plants, many coming from shops in Chiang Mai. In addition, cosmetics, supplement foods, and useful plants will be shown at the fair. The Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University revealed that this fair has been well promoted all over the world, stirring up interest from nearby countries and people from Bangkok. The Medicinal Herbs Tour from Bangkok will be coming straight to our Chiang Mai fair.

Mass Lanna Wedding Ceremony, Valentine’s Day - Khum Khantoke, through Watchara Tantranon, has announced plans to marry 50 willing couples in their “Lanna Valentine’s Wedding” to promote Lanna wedding dress styles and to introduce the Lanna style wedding ceremony. Khum Khantoke will provide a free wedding celebration for one couple from each district. The bridal couples can invite 10 guests and pay only 300 baht each for additional guests. The other 30 brides and grooms can join the ceremony by paying 30,000 baht for 50 guests or 50,000 baht for 100 guests. All the couples will be provided with the costumes and all the paraphernalia necessary. Brides and grooms’ customary wedding parade will start from in front of Carrefour Department Store at 7 a.m., led by two elephants, and followed by 48 tricycles, leading to the Singha grounds where the guests will be waiting. The ceremony will proceed according to the Lanna ritual until late at night.

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