Rose of the North
Every year the first weekend in February is the Chiangmai Flower Festival. The city is awash with vibrant colours ranging from the electric orange and lilac colours of the bougainvillaea to the velvety blossoms of petunias in all shades of pink, white and purple. The strident red of the poinsettias, bought by many at Christmas and New Year, is echoed by beds of scarlet salvias. Homes and shop owners alike line the city streets with colourful flower boxes. The sheer profusion of colour that the flower festival and carnival bring to Chiang Mai aptly gives the city its name “Rose of the North”.
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