Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Phuket Vegetarian Festival

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October 1st 2009
Our Phuket most famous festival. This year will occur on 18 - 26 October 2009. The Thai- Chinese believe that the vegetarian practice will purify mind and soul. The most spectacular event of the vegetarian festival is the street's processions that offers an opportunity for the householders and the general public along the street to receive the blessings of the gods possessing the spirit mediums. m ... 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