News Forum - Shrines preparing for Phuket’s upcoming vegetarian festival

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Phuket‘s annual vegetarian festival is right around the corner, coming up on September 26 to October 4. Now, city workers and volunteers are helping Chinese shrines prepare for the festival. Yesterday, teams helped scrub the forecourts of the main shrines participating in the festival, including the Pud Jor and Jui Tui shrines in the main city district. Phuket’s Vice Governor Pichet held a press conference to make sure that all shrine administrators understood the rules that shrines have to follow for the festival. The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is known for its Ma Song. These spiritual devotees will self-mutilate, and slice their […]

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