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Every year in late November and early December the River Kwai Bridge Festival is celebrated. Highlight of the festival is the Sound & Light Show, which tells the history of the Death Railway, the Hellfire Pass and the Bridge on the River Kwai.. Once the 415 km long Death Railway runs from Thailand to Burma to support there the japanese defence lines.

1943 - World War II: Prisoners of War built the Death Railway and the Hellfire Pass. Thousands lost their lives during the construction. The Sound & Light Show makes you to an eye-witness of the history - the rise and fall of the Railway.