THE MEMORY LANTERNS OF LOI KRATHONG

Abstract

Today is a holiday for purging bad memories. [...]the sky lanterns and floating candles have largely been symbolic, but new techniques in selective memoryerasure have changed all that. [...]me" He stands on the shores of the Chiang Mai River, holding his mother's hand as they watch the lanterns of Loi Krathong - a memory he has never shared. The mother lifts the child in her arms, pointing out across the sun-burnished sea, where tiny islands and ships dot the horizon.