If you are a jazz lover, Brown Sugar Pub and Restaurant is a place for you to experience the vibrant Bangkok’s night entertainment scene. The small jazz club is located in a shophouse with a minuscule stage, has been graced by some formidable jazz musicians both local and international since 1985.
A Jazz?? Lover Paradise (Brown Sugar, Bangkok)
It has a rustic feel and plays live Jazz and blues music nightly from around 8pm – 1am. The pub also offers a good selection of Thai favourite dishes and bar snacks where a jug of beer costs only 450 THB (S$19.50) and the staff are pretty polite and nice.
Great music and great food (Brown Sugar, Bangkok)
Brown Sugar is one of Bangkok’s best known jazz club frequented by both locals and expatriates and it is conveniently located on Sarasin Road on the north side of Lumpini Park. The place is packed with jazz aficionados of all ages so be there early.
Open every day from 5pm till 1am
Brown Sugar Pub & Restaurant (Bangkok, Thailand)
Cheers!!! (Brown Sugar Pub & Restaurant, Bangkok)
Contact information:
Brown Sugar Pub & Restaurant 231/20 Sarasin Road, opposite Lumpinee Park
Bangkok 10330
Festivals in Thailand – Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2010
Organised to mark the begining of Buddhist Lent ( Khao Phansa) in July, the event is considered Ubon’s biggest religious function. As the seasonal monsoon rains descend over the kingdom, it marks the beginning of the Buddhist “rain retreat” and the Buddhist Lent, or “Phansa“, during which all Buddhist monks retreat to the temples. This year’s Candle Festival is held in Thung Si Muang Park and National Museum, Ubon Ratchathani province from 1 July 2010 to 31 July 2010. The highlight of the festival is a Candle Parade held on 27 July 2010 which reflects the devout belief in Buddhism, time-honoured traditions and rituals associated with.
A traditional banana-leaf candle float (Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2010)
Contemporary Candle Float (Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2010)
The Buddhist Lent is a time devoted to study and meditation. Buddhist monks remain within the temple grounds and do not venture out for a period of three months starting from the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month (in July) to the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the eleventh lunar month (in October).
The Royal Candle sent by HM the King of Thailand (Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2010)
Orginated in the reign of King Rama V, intricately carved candles from several temples are entered for a competition. They are put in beautifully decorated floats. It is said that the first candle floats were made around 1927.
Ubon Ratchathani is a town of beautiful women
Traditional northeastern Thai costumes are worn by lovely girls and beauty queens adorn the floats
The Candle Festival of Ubon Ratchathani province, which features a procession of ornately-carved beeswax candles of various shapes and sizes. You will see countless examples of some of the most ornate candles on the planet, all produced for donation to local temples. Since 1977, the Festival has become a major destination for tourists both local and overseas.
Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2010 – Night Candle Light Procession
Worshippers gather on Asarnha Puja Day and join a candle procession around the temple.It is one of the most important festivals of the Thervada Buddhists which typically takes place in July, on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.
Magnificent Candle Float (Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2010)
Night Candle Light Procession (Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2010)
Asarnha Puja Day or the Dhamma Day happens one day just before the Buddhist Lent day (Khao Phansa). This day commemorates the first sermon of Buddha to his five first disciples and the founding of the Buddhist sangha. The day is observed by donating offerings to temples and listening to sermons and performing ritual prayers. In Thailand, Asarnha Puja is a government holiday.
Colourful street performance (Ubon Ratchathani Candle 2010)
You want to dance with me…(Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2010)
The Candle Festival of Ubon Ratchathani province features a colourful night candle light procession (Wientian ritual ceremony) of ornately-carved traditional beeswax candles of various shapes and sizes in front of Wat Sriubonrattanaram.
Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival 2010
Performers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts (Ubon Ratchathani University)
