North East Region
The Northeast or Issan it's ancient traditions and customs are still reflected in fairs and festivals found nowhere else in the country. These include the colorful Bun Bang Fai (rocket festival), the Candle Procession and the Wax Castle Festival.
Probably the most well-known local products of the Northeast are the world - famous Matmee silk, wickerware, earthenware and edible items such as sausages, Mu Yong and Mu Phaen.
Issan is noted for being the center of age-old civilization and customs dating back to pre-historic time and to the period when the Khmer people help sway in the region. Relics and monuments still stand, attesting to the splendors and majesty of the ancient era. The Pha That Phanom in Nakhon Phanom, the Prasat Hin Khao Phanom Rung in Buri Ram and the Prasat Hin Phimai in Khorat, are some of the most important and interesting structures in the area. The Ban Chiang village in Udon Thani, where remains of pre-historic skeletons and tools have been discovered, serves as a most concrete evidence of a Bronze Age civilization flourishing 5,000 to 7,000 years ago
Northeast Region consists of 19 provinces :
- AMNART CHAROEN
- BURIRAM
- CHAIYAPHUM
- KALASIN
- KHON KAEN
- LOEI
- MAHA SARAKHAM
- MUKDAHAN
- NAKHON PHANOM
- NAKHONRATCHASIMA
- NONG BUA LAMPHU
- NONG KHAI
- ROI ET
- SAKON NAKHON
- SI SA KET
- SURIN
- UBON RATCHATHANI
- UDON THANI
- YASOTHON
