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Phuket International Blues Festival
Since its debut in 2005, this popular music festival has grown bigger every year. In
2011, guitar legends such as Mason Ruffner and Curtis Salgado headlined the event.
Bands travel from around the globe to play here.
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25-26 Feb
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Songkran
The traditional Thai New Year celebration turns
the entire country into one big water fight. Get-
ting sprayed with water is considered good luck,
and many Thais visit temples to pay respect to
Buddha by sprinkling water on his statue.
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Water fights during Songkran
13-15 Apr
Visakha Puja
Thailand's Buddhist temples overflow with merit-makers on this holy day marking
the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha - three events that occurred on
the same day in different years. At night, believers walk around the temples in a
candlelit procession.
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May
Por Tor Festival
During the annual “Hungry Ghosts” festival, offerings of special cakes, candles, and
flowers are made to deceased ancestors, who are believed to revisit their earthly
homes on this day. Chinese shrines serve as the center of the festival.
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Aug
