Naga Fireball Festival in Thailand

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Naga fireballs บั้งไฟพญานาค; or bang fai phaya nak, also known as Mekong lights, and “bung fai paya nak” by the locals, is a phenomenon that is seen on the Mekong River. Glowing orbs of light rise from the water and shoot high into the air. The balls are reddish in color and to range in size from smaller sparkles up to the size of basketballs. They quickly rise up to a couple of hundred meters before disappearing. The number of fireballs reported varies between hundreds and thousands per night.

The fireballs are reported to be seen around the night of Wan Ok Phansa which is the end of the Buddhist Lent that happens in late-October.

Naga fireballs have been reported over an approximately 250 kilometer long section of Mekong River with the center of this section approximately at Phon Phisai town in Amphoe Phon Phisai. But the balls of light have also been reported rising from smaller rivers, lakes and ponds in this region.

Locals attribute this mysterious phenomenon to a waterborne serpent ‘the Naga’, which spits fireballs into the sky. As of now though there is no science that can explain the Naga Fireballs.

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