Under the full moon on Friday, Thais gathered by rivers and canals to float their intricately-made offerings, known as krathongs, to provide due to the water goddess. But in a single day garbage collectors in Bangkok shortly cleaned the waterways before dawn, loading dump trucks with krathongs and other debris.
The Loy Krathong pageant is a often known as a popular custom the place Thais pray to the water goddess and float krathongs, that are sometimes made from banana tree stems and decorated with leaves, flowers, candles, and incense sticks. While the krathongs are an offering to the water goddess, many discover the tradition contradictory because the choices pollute the waterways and kill fish.
A Thai marine biologist who spoke with the Associated Press says a priority has been getting individuals to stop utilizing Styrofoam to make krathongs.
A Greenpeace director for Thailand told AP reporters that people have to “revolutionise” the follow to permit waterways to restore and even krathongs created from pure materials may be damaging.
“We mustn’t launch any floats, because even if they’re produced from natural supplies, the quantity of them exceeds what rivers can naturally deal with… We depend upon clear water for our livelihood and the aim of Loy Krathong should be to guard and rejuvenate our rivers without placing anything in them.”
While most krathongs are made from pure supplies, like the banana tree stem and leaves, dozens of sharp pins are used to carry the leaf designs in place. ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ have made krathongs out of ice cream cones and bread for fish to eat, but the president of the Thailand Environment Institute argues that these can be damaging. He advised AP reporters than banana leaves are the most eco-friendly choice as they are often collected and used to make fertiliser.
“If you float somewhere with no fish, these floats will trigger air pollution within the water. It is difficult to collect them, too, as the bread absorbs the water and sinks into the river.”
In Bangkok, 1000’s of krathongs were collected from Friday evening to early Saturday morning. Photos show garage trucks full of krathongs and debris. Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang says that out of the 403,235 krathongs collected from waterways in the capital, 14,281 had been produced from Styrofoam. Nation Thailand says the krathongs produced from organic supplies shall be despatched to a fertiliser manufacturing unit while the others might be sent to a landfill to be destroyed..