The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is from OCT 15 - 24, 2023
The 9 Principles of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival:
- Wear white clothes during the whole festival
- Do not eat meat or animal products (milk, eggs, etc.)
- Keep your body clean
- Do not drink alcohol
- Do not lie, cheat or steal
- No sexual activity during the festival
- Do not eat food with a strong smell (garlic)
- Keep and wash cooking utensils separately from those used in the event
- Mourners should not attend the festival
Video locations
Jui Tui Shrine-水碓斗母宮
https://goo.gl/maps/vVtSP3dpFePXZXX28
The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is the largest celebration of its kind in Thailand.
Known as the Nine Emperor Gods Festival – the celebration is nine days of nonstop food and ceremonies; it is also called Jiya Chai, or เทศกาลกินเจ.
The ceremonies include walking on fire, climbing ladders made of sharp blades, and self-mutilation or inserting knives and sharp objects through the body. But, these rituals were not allowed this year due to the pandemic.
Ironically, the festival started 200 years ago because there was an epidemic. People were dying and getting sick. After 9 days of honoring the 9 gods with cleansing and purifying rituals, people were cured! This includes no eating animal products and no drinking alcohol.
We bhartiya Hindu celebrate ( our bhartiya Hindu festival bunch start this July month to continue to November) something like that , for your better understand i share one of my post link,