Looking for the 2017 Vegetarian festival schedule? Look here:
• 2017 Phuket Vegetarian Festival Schedule
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2009 Festival - some of the best photos here:
• Vegetarian festival 2009 - Street Procession Photos
It's nearly here! My favourite festival inwards Phuket - the amazing vegetarian festival. If you lot are inwards Phuket betwixt the 17th together with 26th of this month, you'll stimulate got a peril to run into something special. BUT here's a hint.. you lot volition non abide by anything much going on close the primary tourist beaches. No, this is a local upshot amongst a rich history going dorsum almost 200 years, this is non a tourist show. Want to run into something? You postulate to brand a flake of effort. The festival is centered roughly Phuket Town together with the many Chinese Shrines inwards Phuket that reverberate the Chinese ancestry of many of the people here. Most of the shrines are inwards or close the town, amongst a few roughly other parts of the island. The primary processions stimulate got identify early on morn roughly the town - if you lot desire to select care of one, best to rest inwards town, or you'll live needing an early on morn ride from the beaches, every bit processions start roughly 7am.
It all kicks off on Sat 17th inwards the like shooting fish in a barrel afternoon when the "lantern pole" is raised at each temple downward which the gods are said to descend. I'll live having a await at my nearest shrine inwards Kathu hamlet a few km exterior town. The street processions stimulate got identify every morn from the 20th to 26th. There are events inwards the afternoons together with evenings besides together with inwards town together with areas roughly the shrines, nutrient stalls galore selling the exceptional nutrient that is eaten during the festival. There are some stalls together with restaurants doing this nutrient at the beaches but non many. If you lot caput into Phuket Town roughly the marketplace expanse close the Jui Tui shrine, that would live a proficient identify to sample the food.
This spider web log has featured the Phuket vegetarian festival a lot inwards by years, together with in that location are many pages devoted to the processions, lots of photos, data nearly the shrines, the food... you lot tin abide by a lot to a greater extent than data together with links here:
• The Amazing Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Not besides much happens for the outset duad of days later on the raising of the lantern poles, but whatever eve is a proficient fourth dimension to watch 1 of the shrines. Things actually boot off on the 20th amongst the outset street procession. Here's a listing of the primary events during the festival:
Sat Oct 17th
All shrines, starting roughly 5pm - raising of the lantern pole. Events at the shrines volition larn on all evening. The lanterns are hung from the pole at midnight, signifying the start of the festival. There volition live plenty of firecrackers together with fireworks too. Well worth a watch on Sat evening. Not certain if I volition live awake at midnight, but I volition live at Kathu shrine for the pole raising ceremony.
18th - 19th Oct - no large events, but you lot tin watch whatever shrine at whatever time, together with forthwith the nutrient is available too. I volition 1 time again attempt out to stick to the exceptional diet for the duration of the festival.
Tuesday Oct 20th
Street procession starting 7am for Sapam Shrine - this shrine is a few km northward of Phuket Town. Photographers together with TV tidings ever embrace the outset procession, every bit everyone wants to larn the outset photos for the paper, together with local TV ever covers the festival.
Midweek Oct 21st
Street procession for Sam Kong Shrine - it's non far from my solid - run into to a greater extent than here: Sam Kong Shrine. They volition walk from the shrine inwards the northward of town downward through the former town. I powerfulness attempt out to select care of the start of this procession, but banker's complaint that the street roughly Sam Kong shrine is rattling crowded together with if you lot larn amongst your ain carry you lot may postulate to common some vogue from the shrine.
Th Oct 22nd
Street procession for Ban Tha Rue shrine which is inwards the Thalang expanse of Phuket inwards the centre of the isle - this used to live the primary town inwards Phuket a few hundred years agone together with in that location are several historic temples inwards the expanse every bit good every bit a museum of Phuket history.
In the eve the schedule shows "Oil bathing together with bladed-ladder climbing" starting 7pm at Kathu shrine. Now, lastly yr nosotros went to run into these events but they were non existence held.. together with a brochure I stimulate got from the Kathu municipality does non present these events inwards the schedule.
Fri Oct 23rd
H5N1 large day! Street procession inwards Phuket Town for the Bang Neow Shrine, which is inwards the due south of the town on Phuket Road, 1 of the biggest shrines participating inwards the festival. There is also a procession for Cherng Talay Shrine inwards Thalang district.
Later inwards the solar daytime the schedule has Fire Walking at several locations including Sapam Shrine, Sapan Hin (for Jui Tui shrine) together with Sui Boon Tong shrine (couple of blocks to the westward of the marketplace inwards Phuket Town)
Sat Oct 24th
Street procession for Jui Tui shrine, which is the biggest 1 of all, constitute only westward of the marketplace inwards Phuket Town. Since Sat is unremarkably my solar daytime off I produce believe I volition live inwards town for this one!
Later in that location are lots of events at diverse shrines including bladed ladder climbing at Sam Kong together with Bang Neow shrines together with something called "nail span crossing" at Sapam Shrine.
Dominicus Oct 25th
Street procession from Kathu shrine to Phuket Town. It's a fair walk this one, nearly 5km from Kathu Shrine all the vogue to town, roughly the former town together with ending at Sapan Hin. Kathu is my "local" shrine, I volition aim to live at the shrine earlier 6am to witness the piercing rituals every bit I did lastly year. The procession together with therefore heads out of Kathu hamlet roughly 6:30am.
Later inwards the eve - burn downward walking at Bang Neow together with Sam Kong shrines.
Mon Oct 26th
The lastly solar daytime of the festival. H5N1 concluding morn procession for Sui Boon Tong shrine, together with therefore events such every bit firewalking at Kathu shrine at 3pm. Then, inwards the evening/night a large procession roughly Phuket Town, carrying statues of the gods to Sapan Hin. Lots of firecrackers together with fireworks. Ends at midnight amongst the "farewell" to the gods. I produce promise to summon upwards seat out energy plenty to live inwards Phuket Town inwards the nighttime for this upshot - I stimulate got seen it on TV, looks mad!
Tuesday Oct 27th
Around 5pm the lantern poles are lowered at the shrines marker the rattling terminate of the festival.
Now, I would happily larn to run into all processions together with events every nighttime at diverse shrines, but of course of report stimulate got to operate together with stimulate got a identify unit of measurement too.. If you lot are lucky plenty to live inwards Phuket during the vegetarian festival, DO brand an endeavour to run into something. This is a exceptional fourth dimension of year. And don't live afraid of the food! I am (almost) looking forrad to a calendar week of tofu together with beansprouts :) Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
• 2017 Phuket Vegetarian Festival Schedule
-----------------
2009 Festival - some of the best photos here:
• Vegetarian festival 2009 - Street Procession Photos
It's nearly here! My favourite festival inwards Phuket - the amazing vegetarian festival. If you lot are inwards Phuket betwixt the 17th together with 26th of this month, you'll stimulate got a peril to run into something special. BUT here's a hint.. you lot volition non abide by anything much going on close the primary tourist beaches. No, this is a local upshot amongst a rich history going dorsum almost 200 years, this is non a tourist show. Want to run into something? You postulate to brand a flake of effort. The festival is centered roughly Phuket Town together with the many Chinese Shrines inwards Phuket that reverberate the Chinese ancestry of many of the people here. Most of the shrines are inwards or close the town, amongst a few roughly other parts of the island. The primary processions stimulate got identify early on morn roughly the town - if you lot desire to select care of one, best to rest inwards town, or you'll live needing an early on morn ride from the beaches, every bit processions start roughly 7am.
It all kicks off on Sat 17th inwards the like shooting fish in a barrel afternoon when the "lantern pole" is raised at each temple downward which the gods are said to descend. I'll live having a await at my nearest shrine inwards Kathu hamlet a few km exterior town. The street processions stimulate got identify every morn from the 20th to 26th. There are events inwards the afternoons together with evenings besides together with inwards town together with areas roughly the shrines, nutrient stalls galore selling the exceptional nutrient that is eaten during the festival. There are some stalls together with restaurants doing this nutrient at the beaches but non many. If you lot caput into Phuket Town roughly the marketplace expanse close the Jui Tui shrine, that would live a proficient identify to sample the food.
This spider web log has featured the Phuket vegetarian festival a lot inwards by years, together with in that location are many pages devoted to the processions, lots of photos, data nearly the shrines, the food... you lot tin abide by a lot to a greater extent than data together with links here:
• The Amazing Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Not besides much happens for the outset duad of days later on the raising of the lantern poles, but whatever eve is a proficient fourth dimension to watch 1 of the shrines. Things actually boot off on the 20th amongst the outset street procession. Here's a listing of the primary events during the festival:
Sat Oct 17th
All shrines, starting roughly 5pm - raising of the lantern pole. Events at the shrines volition larn on all evening. The lanterns are hung from the pole at midnight, signifying the start of the festival. There volition live plenty of firecrackers together with fireworks too. Well worth a watch on Sat evening. Not certain if I volition live awake at midnight, but I volition live at Kathu shrine for the pole raising ceremony.
18th - 19th Oct - no large events, but you lot tin watch whatever shrine at whatever time, together with forthwith the nutrient is available too. I volition 1 time again attempt out to stick to the exceptional diet for the duration of the festival.
Tuesday Oct 20th
Street procession starting 7am for Sapam Shrine - this shrine is a few km northward of Phuket Town. Photographers together with TV tidings ever embrace the outset procession, every bit everyone wants to larn the outset photos for the paper, together with local TV ever covers the festival.
Midweek Oct 21st
Street procession for Sam Kong Shrine - it's non far from my solid - run into to a greater extent than here: Sam Kong Shrine. They volition walk from the shrine inwards the northward of town downward through the former town. I powerfulness attempt out to select care of the start of this procession, but banker's complaint that the street roughly Sam Kong shrine is rattling crowded together with if you lot larn amongst your ain carry you lot may postulate to common some vogue from the shrine.
Th Oct 22nd
Street procession for Ban Tha Rue shrine which is inwards the Thalang expanse of Phuket inwards the centre of the isle - this used to live the primary town inwards Phuket a few hundred years agone together with in that location are several historic temples inwards the expanse every bit good every bit a museum of Phuket history.
In the eve the schedule shows "Oil bathing together with bladed-ladder climbing" starting 7pm at Kathu shrine. Now, lastly yr nosotros went to run into these events but they were non existence held.. together with a brochure I stimulate got from the Kathu municipality does non present these events inwards the schedule.
Fri Oct 23rd
H5N1 large day! Street procession inwards Phuket Town for the Bang Neow Shrine, which is inwards the due south of the town on Phuket Road, 1 of the biggest shrines participating inwards the festival. There is also a procession for Cherng Talay Shrine inwards Thalang district.
Later inwards the solar daytime the schedule has Fire Walking at several locations including Sapam Shrine, Sapan Hin (for Jui Tui shrine) together with Sui Boon Tong shrine (couple of blocks to the westward of the marketplace inwards Phuket Town)
Sat Oct 24th
Street procession for Jui Tui shrine, which is the biggest 1 of all, constitute only westward of the marketplace inwards Phuket Town. Since Sat is unremarkably my solar daytime off I produce believe I volition live inwards town for this one!
Later in that location are lots of events at diverse shrines including bladed ladder climbing at Sam Kong together with Bang Neow shrines together with something called "nail span crossing" at Sapam Shrine.
Dominicus Oct 25th
Street procession from Kathu shrine to Phuket Town. It's a fair walk this one, nearly 5km from Kathu Shrine all the vogue to town, roughly the former town together with ending at Sapan Hin. Kathu is my "local" shrine, I volition aim to live at the shrine earlier 6am to witness the piercing rituals every bit I did lastly year. The procession together with therefore heads out of Kathu hamlet roughly 6:30am.
Later inwards the eve - burn downward walking at Bang Neow together with Sam Kong shrines.
Mon Oct 26th
The lastly solar daytime of the festival. H5N1 concluding morn procession for Sui Boon Tong shrine, together with therefore events such every bit firewalking at Kathu shrine at 3pm. Then, inwards the evening/night a large procession roughly Phuket Town, carrying statues of the gods to Sapan Hin. Lots of firecrackers together with fireworks. Ends at midnight amongst the "farewell" to the gods. I produce promise to summon upwards seat out energy plenty to live inwards Phuket Town inwards the nighttime for this upshot - I stimulate got seen it on TV, looks mad!
Tuesday Oct 27th
Around 5pm the lantern poles are lowered at the shrines marker the rattling terminate of the festival.
Now, I would happily larn to run into all processions together with events every nighttime at diverse shrines, but of course of report stimulate got to operate together with stimulate got a identify unit of measurement too.. If you lot are lucky plenty to live inwards Phuket during the vegetarian festival, DO brand an endeavour to run into something. This is a exceptional fourth dimension of year. And don't live afraid of the food! I am (almost) looking forrad to a calendar week of tofu together with beansprouts :) Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com