Procession thru town...

Phuket Vegetarian Festival

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October 18th 2007
Party time...thai style! Everyone dressed in white, half of all restaurants closed for 10 days, endless stalls lining the streets selling only vegetarian food, processions through town, men walking around in trances as they have been taken over by a spirit?! , fire crackers going off everywhere, men walking around with various objects protruding through their face, walking over ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more