Rocket Festival in Yasothon

Last weekend we made a spur of the moment decision to head up to the small town of Yasothon in the northeast with our friends David and Huyen for the annual Rocket Festival, which none of us had ever heard of the day before we decided to go. Yasothon's just a little town but they pull out all the stops for this show. Saturday afternoon the town closed down the main street and had a parade of lots of traditional dancers and pretty much anybody else who wanted to be in the parade. By Saturday night the street was still closed but now there were stages all along the street, each one packed with people dancing to their own music over massive speakers. The whole town was going nuts. Sunday was even cooler.....