Phuket Vegetarian Festival

The Vegetarian Festival originated withinside the nineteenth century, while a Chinese artwork troupe got here to Phuket to carry out and by chance shriveled an incurable ailment, in order that they determined to rapid and pray to the gods. for helpers. Not lengthy after, the ailment became in excellent remission. Since then, the exercise of vegetarianism became born to commemorate the assist of the Supreme Beings who delivered fitness and well being to everyone. Vegetarian pageant generally takes vicinity in October each year, inside nine days in a row due to the fact Thai human beings accept as true with that for those nine days, there may be nine gods from under to bless a non violent lifestyles and bountiful harvest. Around the large temples in Phuket at this time, nine lanterns are regularly lit and the lanterns are positioned on pinnacle of Ko Teng to represent the presence of the gods.

The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is a colourful annual occasion hung on the first nine days of the ninth month in the Chinese Lunar calendar month of the Chinese calendar, generally in September or October. The pageant celebrates the Chinese community's notion that abstinence from meat and numerous stimulants will assist them attain right fitness and peace of mind.

During the pageant, devotees need to strictly adhere to the guideline of thumb of abstaining from consuming meat, ingesting alcohol and having sex. On the sixth day of the pageant, after fasting for some days, the so-called "infantrymen of Buddha" carry out acts of self-mortification and assign themselves with excruciating pain. such as piercing knives, piercing massive piercings, gambling with firecrackers, piercing needles, and strolling on warm coals.

Location: the island of Phuket

Time: the first nine days of the ninth month in the Chinese Lunar calendar