Experience the Attraction of Lanna in Chiang Mai

Feb. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- People using hotels in Chiang Mai (http://www.asiarooms.com/thailand/chiang_mai.html) next month may get the chance to visit the city's university.

Founded in 1964, the institution is one of Thailand's most prestigious centres of higher education and has a reputation for high academic standards that reaches across south-east Asia.

One of the most active departments at Chiang Mai University (CMU) is the Arts Centre, which has been hosting a winter festival since December last year.

The festival programme runs until the end of March and consists of a varied line-up of events, including the forthcoming Attraction of Lanna.

Taking place on March 20th at 18:00 local time, the evening will feature music from Natta Prommin and the Northern Youth String Orchestra Band.

The region of northern Thailand, which counts Chiang Mai as its largest city, was known as the kingdom of Lanna between the 13th and 18th centuries.

CMU's winter festival concludes with a performance entitled Sawasdee Acoustic on March 28th.

Other attractions at the university include the CMU Art Museum, which is the main facility of its kind in the region.

Visitors using hotels in Thailand(http://www.asiarooms.com/thailand/index.html) can expect to find contemporary Thai artists and major works from international collections on display.

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