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Phuket Vegetarian Festival underway

By The Phuket News

 

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Devotees take part in the raising of the Go Teng pole at Kathu Shrine, the spiritual home of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: The Phuket Vegetarian Festival for this year began at sunset on Saturday evening (Sept 28) with devotees raising Go Teng poles high into the air so that the Jade Emperor and the Nine Emperor Gods may descend from the heavens and walk the Earth while the festival takes place over the next nine days.

 

At the Kathu Shrine, the spiritual home of the festival where the purification rituals were first observed 194 years ago, the crowd of devotees thronged as the Go Teng pole was lifted skyward to the sound of beating drums and firecrackers to keep evil spirits at bay.

 

Present for the home shrine ceremony was Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Seniam along with Phuket Vice Governor Prakob Wongmaneerung, and Kathu Mayor Chiaianan Suthikul.


Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-vegetarian-festival-underway-73065.php#5SEjgOMypRkOSrCi.97

 

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-- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-09-29

 

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10 hours ago, rooster59 said:

raising Go Teng poles high into the air so that the Jade Emperor and the Nine Emperor Gods may descend from the heavens and walk the Earth while the festival takes place over the next nine days.

 

At the Kathu Shrine, the spiritual home of the festival where the purification rituals were first observed 194 years ago, the crowd of devotees thronged as the Go Teng pole was lifted skyward to the sound of beating drums and firecrackers to keep evil spirits at bay.

Oh well, they've got their thing and others have Christianity, not to mention elephant gods and so on.........funny old world!!

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