VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL

PHUKET VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL

A colourful event held over a nine day period in late September early October this
celebrates the Chinese community belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the nine lunar of the Chinese calendar can will good health .The festival always falls mine days participant observe the following commitment one leanliness of the body during festival two wear white during festival three avoid meat avoid sex alcohol and pregnant woman should not attend ceremonies.The most of very exciting in festival ceremonies which are held to invoke the gods by men or woman puncture their cheeks .It is believed the Chinese gods protect person from harm and little blood .Phuket have six temple Chinese JUI TUI Shrine is the main.The local Chinese and Thai community brings their household gods to be temple along with offering of food and drink .Usually street procession take place where visitors can see participants walking in a trance .Other event include hundred of local residence running across a bed of burning coals or climbing and about eight metre or sharp while intrance .Apart from the visual spectacle of this festival visitor can partake in specially prepared vegetarian cuisine made available at street stalls and market around the island during this time .The vegetarian dishes-soybean and protein substitute products are used to replace meat in standard Thai fare and look and taste uncannily like meat .Look for the yellow flags with red Chinese or Thai characters to vegetarian food stalls and keep your camera handy. Extreme eating during Phuket Vegetarian Festival most of us have heard of extream sports of some kind be The local villagers decided to follow suit, beginning on the first night of the ninth month and continuing until the ninth night. These nine days of self-denial were considered to be auspicious.Everything started 1825 when the governor moved the island's principal town from Ta Reua in Thalang District to Get-Hoe in Kathu district. Kathu was then still covered by jungle and malaria fever was widespread. There was a mining industry in Kathu and Chinese miners. A travelling Chines theatre troupe came to Phuket to perform for the Chinese thin miners. Struck down by a mysterious epidemic, the entertainers decided they had fallen ill because they had failed to pay proper respects to the nine Emperors Gods of Taoism. They consequently adopted a strict vegetarian diet to propitiate their deities, namely Kiu Hong Tai Te and Youk Hong Ta Te, and were cured.As penance they erected Chinese temples and held a vegetarian festival towardoff any residual bad luck. According to local legend the unorthodox remedy worked and the annual vegetarian festival has been held ever since.
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Atisa Jarupan 5012240

The last weekend

Last weekend Saturday my friend just turn back from China. She name Jara. She live my house three days. On Friday she said tomorrow go to travel together .I answer OK.On Saturday I work up at eight o clock my friend work up at half past eight . Today eleven o clock I left my home went to JJ Mall .We bought a lot of things . After that we go to Siam Paragon .Siam Paragon near Chulalongkorn Univerrsity . I to make appointment my friend name Kik.One o clock we went to MK Restaurant .Three o clock we went to Swensen ice-cream.Four o clock ewe went to sing a song karaoke at Siam Paragon.IT was very expensive about two hundred for hour .After that we went to cinema watched the movie at Siam Paragon the ticket was two hundred bath .After watch the movie finished each everybony went separate ways. I back home by BTS with JARA.JARA live my house two days .I and Jara arrived home ten o clock.Half past ten we slep because today we very tired.On Sunday we work up very late because the last night we traveled vert tired we work yup at twelve o clock .We had lunch at two o clock at Big C Wongsawang we ate YAM SAB.We ate It very delious. Weback home at four o clock.Five o clock I to begin read a book because tomorrow will start study at ASSUMTION University semester two I very exiting .Today I went to Air Port at eight o clock evening .I went to Air Port because I sent my friend went to PHUKET .After that I come back home read a book until ten o clock evening.After read a book finishd I wnt to watched Television until twelve o clock evening . Tomorrow i will went to University im very exiting .Toniht I slet at one oclock I slep very late because i very exiting and read a book and watched television very late .The last weekend i back home at Phuket because Phuket have festival is vegetarian from ten October to nineteenth October . My house to sold vegetarian food .Vegetarin is very famous in Phuket.Vegetarian festival do not ate meat ate only vegetable wheat flour do not ate milk because milk is fishy smell.Vegetarian have human to remain prince .It was believe by personal .Vegatarian festival had a many activity for example wade fire walk under knife and to avert a catastrophe by magic power .After that vegetarian finished I back to Bangkok because I had test at Ramkamhang University .Rankamhang University the test is very hard because I not scarcely to read a book .Because I live in Phuker I not read a book because my grandmother sold vegetarian food .It sold good I am very tired .But I like because sometime vegetatian festival each my family concluded have my aunt sister and brother my uncle etc.I very happy sometime I met everybody because each my family lives another province.Have Phang Nga Songkha Bangkok Samudpakrn etc.The last weekend I very happy many thing because I went to travel with my friend and come back Phuket.

Thank you very much .