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 | | In season (peaking in April-June and several months thereafter) durians are in evidence everywhere in Chanthaburi, in open-air markets, piled high in pickup trucks, stacked in warehouses, and in food shops in various processed forms like durian chips, paste, frenchfries, and candies. |
 | | Every year in May or June, the people of Chanthaburi create a big festival celebrating and promoting and enjoying the bountiful fruit harvest (Chanthaburi also grows huge quantities of other delectable tropical fruits, including mangosteens, rambutans, salak ["snakefruit"], longkong [sweet langsat], jackfruit, mangos, banana, papayas, coconuts, sapodillas, pineapples, and more. |
 | | As I've shared about elsewhere on this site and the Chanthaburi Fruit Fair site (www.masterworksunlimited.com/Thailand/fruitfair.htm), the most spectacular aspect of the festival is the parade of fruit floats, made of thousands of tropical fruits masterfully artistically designed into incredible patterns, scenes, animals, buddhas, dragons, mandalas, and structures. |
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