So, the vegetarian festival is over for some other year. Or is it? Actually, 2014 sees a rare resultant since the ninth lunar calendar month occurs twice as well as at that topographic point volition live a 2nd vegetarian festival from close Oct 24th to Nov 1st. Apparently this solely happens every hundred years or so, as well as it does seem that nobody is quite certain what to create 2nd fourth dimension around! I know that solely some shrines volition live participating as well as at that topographic point won't live the massive street processions of the principal festival which took identify September 23rd - Oct 3rd. I'll conduct maintain to hold off as well as meet what happens!
I already blogged Part 1 of the 2014 festival. This post service covers all the events that I attended from September 27th until the terminate of the festival. I acknowledge to getting a flake lazy over the weekend 27th - 28th September. Alarm laid for 5am, alongside intentions to see shrines, but both Sabbatum an Lord's Day mornings I turned off the warning as well as enjoyed a rest. Fair enough, I create operate all calendar week subsequently all! But when nosotros hitting Mon 29th, it was fourth dimension for some action. I headed into town earlier 7am to spotter some of the street procession from Bang Neow Shrine. This yr I conduct maintain tried to spotlight some of the to a greater extent than spiritual aspects of the vegetarian festival, non thus much of the human face upwards piercing which tends to larn most of the press.
(above) One of the Ma Song (entranced spirit mediums) approving a human being on the street
(above) Ma Song approving a identify shrine
(above) Ma Song giving a gift of fruit to a immature child
Of degree the human face upwards piercing cannot live ignored! By their hurting is the bad luck of the community shape out!
And at the parent of the procession come upwards the gods carried past times teams of immature guys through a hail of firecrackers.
The rattling adjacent day, September 30th, was the biggest of the street processions starting from Jui Tui shrine as well as winding unopen to the one-time town, downward to the ocean at Sapan Hin as well as dorsum to the shrine. It takes close an sixty minutes for the whole procession to pass, as well as yous tin thus movement place as well as meet it all exceed over again :) Jui Tui features something that Bang Neow does non - woman soul Ma Song, as well as non simply a few. The morning time started thundery as well as a picayune wet, but thankfully the pelting stopped.
I stood on Thalang Road inwards the pump of one-time town for this procession. Businesses along the street fix shrines exterior their door.
The abide by shown to the Ma Song past times the local people is obvious. And I am glad to meet the one-time traditions beingness passed downward to the immature kids.
As the biggest shrine, yous powerfulness await a few bizarre piercings to live constitute on this morning time ...
At i point, I was standing inwards the street alongside my picayune Lumix G1 photographic telly camera as well as the whole procession stopped as well as posed for me. I looked unopen to expecting to meet some pro photograher adjacent to me, but no .. this grouping shot was simply for Jamie's Phuket. Thanks everyone!
And along came the gods. Every yr I endeavor to larn a perfect photograph of firecrackers exploding equally these guys acquit their chariots through the streets. Will endeavor over again adjacent year, although at that topographic point are ever a few expert photos if yous press the shutter plenty times!
This procession actually is a buzz for me. I'd happily conduct maintain stayed some other sixty minutes but of degree I conduct maintain to work. Lots to a greater extent than photos tin live constitute on my Flickr draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship - meet Phuket Vegetarian Festival Photos. I'm going to need a Part iii on the weblog to comprehend the lastly pair of days. I dearest this festival as well as although I tin sympathize people who don't similar it either due to it's bizarre rituals or simply that the traffic gets held upwards unopen to town every morning, I intend it's brilliant. And some people may enjoin it's getting to a greater extent than commercial. I don't meet that. Maybe a few to a greater extent than immature guys doing strange piercings thus they tin larn on TV. And despite claims that the festival brings tourists, I don't meet that either. Not equally good many tourists watching these events, generally locals. Certainly to a greater extent than tourists than when I offset looked inwards 2006, but yet at that topographic point is non vogue yous tin telephone phone it a tourist attraction / something for tourists .. This is a 180+ yr one-time resultant as well as tourism has been large inwards Phuket for less than thirty years.
Part iii coming shortly featuring early on morning time at Kathu shrine as well as the lastly nighttime procession inwards Phuket Town. Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
I already blogged Part 1 of the 2014 festival. This post service covers all the events that I attended from September 27th until the terminate of the festival. I acknowledge to getting a flake lazy over the weekend 27th - 28th September. Alarm laid for 5am, alongside intentions to see shrines, but both Sabbatum an Lord's Day mornings I turned off the warning as well as enjoyed a rest. Fair enough, I create operate all calendar week subsequently all! But when nosotros hitting Mon 29th, it was fourth dimension for some action. I headed into town earlier 7am to spotter some of the street procession from Bang Neow Shrine. This yr I conduct maintain tried to spotlight some of the to a greater extent than spiritual aspects of the vegetarian festival, non thus much of the human face upwards piercing which tends to larn most of the press.
(above) One of the Ma Song (entranced spirit mediums) approving a human being on the street
(above) Ma Song approving a identify shrine
(above) Ma Song giving a gift of fruit to a immature child
Of degree the human face upwards piercing cannot live ignored! By their hurting is the bad luck of the community shape out!
And at the parent of the procession come upwards the gods carried past times teams of immature guys through a hail of firecrackers.
The rattling adjacent day, September 30th, was the biggest of the street processions starting from Jui Tui shrine as well as winding unopen to the one-time town, downward to the ocean at Sapan Hin as well as dorsum to the shrine. It takes close an sixty minutes for the whole procession to pass, as well as yous tin thus movement place as well as meet it all exceed over again :) Jui Tui features something that Bang Neow does non - woman soul Ma Song, as well as non simply a few. The morning time started thundery as well as a picayune wet, but thankfully the pelting stopped.
I stood on Thalang Road inwards the pump of one-time town for this procession. Businesses along the street fix shrines exterior their door.
The abide by shown to the Ma Song past times the local people is obvious. And I am glad to meet the one-time traditions beingness passed downward to the immature kids.
As the biggest shrine, yous powerfulness await a few bizarre piercings to live constitute on this morning time ...
At i point, I was standing inwards the street alongside my picayune Lumix G1 photographic telly camera as well as the whole procession stopped as well as posed for me. I looked unopen to expecting to meet some pro photograher adjacent to me, but no .. this grouping shot was simply for Jamie's Phuket. Thanks everyone!
And along came the gods. Every yr I endeavor to larn a perfect photograph of firecrackers exploding equally these guys acquit their chariots through the streets. Will endeavor over again adjacent year, although at that topographic point are ever a few expert photos if yous press the shutter plenty times!
This procession actually is a buzz for me. I'd happily conduct maintain stayed some other sixty minutes but of degree I conduct maintain to work. Lots to a greater extent than photos tin live constitute on my Flickr draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship - meet Phuket Vegetarian Festival Photos. I'm going to need a Part iii on the weblog to comprehend the lastly pair of days. I dearest this festival as well as although I tin sympathize people who don't similar it either due to it's bizarre rituals or simply that the traffic gets held upwards unopen to town every morning, I intend it's brilliant. And some people may enjoin it's getting to a greater extent than commercial. I don't meet that. Maybe a few to a greater extent than immature guys doing strange piercings thus they tin larn on TV. And despite claims that the festival brings tourists, I don't meet that either. Not equally good many tourists watching these events, generally locals. Certainly to a greater extent than tourists than when I offset looked inwards 2006, but yet at that topographic point is non vogue yous tin telephone phone it a tourist attraction / something for tourists .. This is a 180+ yr one-time resultant as well as tourism has been large inwards Phuket for less than thirty years.
Part iii coming shortly featuring early on morning time at Kathu shrine as well as the lastly nighttime procession inwards Phuket Town. Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com