Western tourists and Thais gather at Lumpini Park in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, to celebrate Loy Krathong. Small, highly decorated rafts are set adrift during the festival in believe that sins and bad luck will be carried away. The celebration is similar to the Hindu festival of Deepavali where floating lanterns of thanksgiving are launched on the Ganges. Thailand officially adopted the festival under King Rama IV as a way to honor Buddha. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Thai women offer prayer Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Lumpini Park in Bangkok, Thailand, during Loy Krathong. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Boonrawd, a 11-year old elephant, and its mahout float a giant Krathong, or flower boat, in a ceremony to the Loy Krathong Festival at Dusit zoo in Bangkok. The festival held annually to apology to the goddess of the river. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

An elephant Kamraithong, 4, sprays water on a giant Krathong as a symbolic apology to the goddess of the river, during a news conference at the Dusit zoo. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)