Travel Reference
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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).
Ork Phansa
The end of Buddhist Lent (three lunar months after Khao Phansaa) is followed by the
gà·tĭn
ceremony, in which new robes are given to monks by merit-makers.
Vegetarian Festival
The Vegetarian Festival is a holiday from meat taken for nine days (during the ninth lunar
month) in adherence with Chinese Buddhist beliefs of mind and body purification. In
Phuket the festival can turn extreme, with entranced marchers transforming themselves in-
to human shish kebabs. (
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