The SEAMEO Regional Centre for History and Tradition (SEAMEO CHAT) in its 14 years after inauguration in December 2000 has been able to publish Traditional Festivals of Southeast Asia, Volume I, which is the collection of the research papers on the traditional festivals of Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

It is one of the publications of the Centre published with the objectives to raise awareness of the importance of the traditional festivals, to promote better public understanding of the festivals and to maintain the festivals in Southeast Asia Region.