Bangkok Thailand Place should to visiting: Phuket Festivals As Well As Cultural Events

Phuket has vogue to a greater extent than happening than people realise, fifty-fifty every bit a local resident I abide by it difficult to pop off along up. There are traditional festivals, at that topographic point are music as well as nutrient festivals, local street fairs, all form of things going on yr round! The most famous festival inward Phuket is the Vegetarian Festival. Phuket is also a groovy house to locomote for Songkran (the "water throwing" festival / Thai New Year). Another pop festival is Loy Krathong. The dates for the vegetarian festival as well as Loy Krathong alter every yr every bit they are based on the lunar calendar. Oct as well as Nov are proficient months to come upward to Phuket :)

The vegetarian festival is my favourite affair inward Phuket! The 2017 Phuket Vegetarian Festival was 19th - 29th October. But the festival was kept serenity this yr every bit King Bhumibol's funeral was Oct 26th. Thailand's King passed away on Oct 13th 2016. And that's in all likelihood the biggest effect inward recent years. The vegetarian festival volition locomote dorsum every bit normal 8 - xviii Oct 2018.

Photos from recent Phuket vegetarian festivals ...

Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2016 Photos
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2015 Part 1
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2015 Part 2

Recent Phuket Festivals on the blog

Hungry Ghost Festival 2015
Phuket Baba Wedding Festival 2013
Phuket Old Town Festival 2013
Phuket Vegetarian 2012
Por Tor Festival 2012
Kathu Phuket Street Culture Festival 2012
Phuket Old Town Festival / Chinese New Year's Day 2012
Chalong Temple Fair
Por Tor (Hungry Ghost) Festival 2011
Kathu Culture Fair 2011
A nighttime inward Phuket Town for Nihon 2011
Phuket Street Show Festival
Phuket Heroines Festival
OTOP Fair inward Phuket Town
Phuket Halal Expo

Note: Most of these are annual events, I don't teach or weblog them every year!

Phuket Vegetarian Festival - My favourite affair inward Phuket!

Links to all articles as well as photos on this weblog related to the most bizarre festival inward Phuket .. I honey it, but it's non for everyone, as well as the "being vegetarian" seem is exactly 1 usage of the festival.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival Introduction
Phuket Vegetarian Festival Food

Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2014 Part 1
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2014 Part 2
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2014 Part 3

2013 Phuket Vegetarian Festival Part 1
2013 Phuket Vegetarian Festival Part 2
2012 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

And here's all the weblog posts relating to the 2011 Vegetarian Festival - I went a flake festival crazy as well as did lots of posts compared to exactly 1 inward 2012 :)

Crossing the Bridge for Purification Oct 5th
Piercings as well as Firecrackers Oct 4th
Vegetarian Procession as well as World Photo Walk Oct 2nd
Face Piercing at Sam Kong Shrine September 30th
Procession for the Birth as well as Death Gods September 29th
Opening Ceremonies September 26th

Older vegetarian festival posts ...

At Kathu Shrine 15th Oct 2010
Bang Neow Shrine Street Procession 2010
First Days of the 2010 Vegetarian Festival
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2009 Photos
Phuket Vegetarian Festival Videos

Phuket has vogue to a greater extent than happening than people realise Bangkok Thailand Place should to visiting: Phuket Festivals as well as Cultural Events Phuket has vogue to a greater extent than happening than people realise Bangkok Thailand Place should to visiting: Phuket Festivals as well as Cultural Events

Since 2006 I direct maintain ever tried to run into some of the ceremonies, accept a lot of photos, as well as swallow enough of the groovy nutrient on offer. I am non commonly a veggie, but it can't wound for a calendar week or so!? My "local" is Kathu shrine, located inward Baan Kathu. Sam Kong shrine is non likewise far from Tesco Lotus - loads of veggie nutrient stalls inward the Kathu/Sam Kong expanse during the festival. In Phuket town y'all abide by large shrines such every bit Jui Tui as well as Bang Neow which are real much the pump of festivities. Phuket Town is the best house to locomote based if y'all desire to run into every bit much every bit possible.

Songkran Festival (Thai New Year)

Songkran is the Thai New Year, a existent mix of serenity prayer as well as H2O throwing mayhem. We tend to mix it upward - a flake of serenity at the temple, a flake of water... on Apr 13th 2007 (apart from the H2O fights) nosotros went to a turtle unloosen ceremony at Mai Khao beach. The adjacent yr nosotros drove around taking photos. In 2009 nosotros reckoned both our kids were were cook for a ride inward the dorsum of a selection upward truck around Patong, throwing H2O at anything that moved - that's fun! n 2010 I was likewise busy throwing H2O as well as drinking beer to accept photos! In 2011 I was non inward Phuket, but took lots of photos inward my wife's habitation town, Chumphon (about 400km N of here). Last pair of years but drinking beer as well as throwing H2O amongst some friends inward Phuket!

Phuket has vogue to a greater extent than happening than people realise Bangkok Thailand Place should to visiting: Phuket Festivals as well as Cultural Events

Songkran 2011 Photos inward Chumphon
Songkran 2009 - Patong Beach Phuket
Songkran 2008 Photos
Songkran - Apr 13th 2007
Songkran 2006 inward Phuket
Favourite Songkran Photos
About Songkran

Phuket Bike Week - iii days of large bikes as well as beachside concerts, Apr every yr exactly earlier Songkran.

Loy Krathong

Every year, but dates vary according to the total moon. 2017 volition locomote Nov 3rd. The principal chemical constituent of Loy Krathong is giving thank y'all to the goddess of water. The "Kratong" are floated onto the H2O as well as many lanterns are lit to float upward into the sky. It's all virtually giving thank y'all as well as shout for for proficient luck.

Phuket has vogue to a greater extent than happening than people realise Bangkok Thailand Place should to visiting: Phuket Festivals as well as Cultural Events

Phuket has vogue to a greater extent than happening than people realise Bangkok Thailand Place should to visiting: Phuket Festivals as well as Cultural Events

About Loy Krathong
Loy Krathong 2007 - Making Our Kratong
Loy Krathong 2007 Photos
Loy Krathong 2006 inward Phuket

More Local Phuket Life

Local Markets
Market at Karon Temple
Indy Market inward Phuket Town
Local Street Fair inward Kathu District

Phuket has vogue to a greater extent than happening than people realise Bangkok Thailand Place should to visiting: Phuket Festivals as well as Cultural Events Phuket has vogue to a greater extent than happening than people realise Bangkok Thailand Place should to visiting: Phuket Festivals as well as Cultural Events

Phuket Butterfly Release July 2010
The Weekend Market
Buddha Shelf & Shrine inward our house
A Funeral inward our village
Caged plane singing contest inward Kathu Village
Buying a House inward Phuket

Other Phuket Festivals

There are a pose out of pocket-sized local festivals inward Phuket such every bit the Blues Festival, Patong Carnival, the Phuket Pride Festival... And events similar sailing regattas as well as surfing competitions. Well, I promise over the adjacent 10 years I'll direct maintain to a greater extent than fourth dimension to watch some of these celebrations as well as teach some photos! For updates virtually Phuket, follow me on Facebook as well as Twitter. See y'all inward Phuket!
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