Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
October
Religious preparations for the end of the rainy season and the end of Buddhist Lent
begin. The monsoons are reaching the finish line (in most of the country).
Vegetarian Festival
A holiday from meat is taken for nine days in adherence with Chinese beliefs of mind and
body purification. In Phuket the festival gets extreme, with entranced marchers turning
themselves into human shish kebabs.
Ork Phansaa
The end of Buddhist Lent (three lunar months after Khao Phansaa) is marked by the
gà·tĭn
ceremony, in which new robes are given to the monks by merit-makers.
King Chulalongkorn Day
Rama V is honoured on the anniversary of his death at the Royal Plaza in Dusit. Held on 23
October.
