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Events & Festivals
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September
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Langsat
Fair
This event will be held at northern province of Uttaradit. The fair is
held displaying and selling the langsat fruit together with local handicrafts.
Phichit
Boat Races (September
2-3)
This annual event takes place on the Nan River in front of Wat Tha Luang,
Phichit. It will features boats competing against each other with great
fervour and excitement of the cheers of the spectators.
Phitsanulok
Boat Races (September 16-17)
This event will take place on the Nan River too but in front of Wat Phra
Sri Rattana Mahathat Maha Worawihan, Phitsanulok. This event will also
includes decorative boat and cheer squad competitions. Everyone is welcome
to participate various other activities.
Korlae
Boat Racing & Narathiwat Produce Festival(Sept
21-25)
Centered on the Bang Nara River, Narathiwat, this event highlights the
boat racing and dove cooing contests.
Um
Phra Dam Nam Festival (September 26-30)
The people of Phetchabun conduct this festival as part of the Sart Thai
Festival. The Governor of the province officiates at a holy ritual whereby
he dives into the river with the Buddha image in his arms, which people
believe will result in happiness and fertility. After that, the Phra Buddha
Maha Thammaracha is taken to the provincial hall to be bathed in lustral
water by the public. The highlight of this event will be a procession
bearing the sacred Phra Buddha Maha Thammaracha image around the city.
Trang
Vegetarian Festival (September 29-October 7)
This annual event originated in the 19th century, is conducted by the
local Chinese who engage in a ten-day vegetarian diet. There are ceremonies
at local Chinese temples as well as procession of ascetics performing
extraordinary feats. This event will be held at Kio Ong La and Chao Pho
Muen Ram CHinese Shrines, Trang.
Phuket
Vegetarian Festival (September 29-October 7)
This event is conducted by the locals of Chinese ancestry during the 9th
Chinese calendar month where they indertake a ten-day vegetarian diet.
There are processions of ascetic devotees performing remarkable feats
such as fire-walking and climbing ladderswith knife-edged rungs.
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