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Por Tor, Hungry Ghost Festival underway in Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

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The annual Por Tor, or Hungry Ghost, Festival was officially launched at Bang Neow Shrine yesterday (Sept 6). Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET: The annual Por Tor Festival, also known throughout the region as the or Hungry Ghost festival, is underway in Phuket Town, with Phuket City Municipality inviting everyone to join the festivities. The annual festival this year continues until Wednesday next week (Sept 16).

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew and a host of other high-ranking officials, including Phuket Town Mayor Somjai Suwansupana, joined a ceremony at Bang Neow Shrine at 5pm yesterday (Sept 6) to mark the launch of festivities.

 

The festival usually falls on the 15th day of the seventh waxing moon according to the Chinese calendar and Thai-Chinese people believe that the spirits of ancestors are released from hell to visit their relatives during this time, explained Mayor Somjai.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/por-tor-hungry-ghost-festival-underway-in-phuket-77231.php

 

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-- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-09-07
 
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17 hours ago, webfact said:

The festival usually falls on the 15th day of the seventh waxing moon according to the Chinese calendar and Thai-Chinese people believe that the spirits of ancestors are released from hell to visit their relatives during this time, explained Mayor Somjai.

Sounds like a good reason to give it a miss?

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Edited by hotchilli
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On 9/7/2020 at 7:00 AM, webfact said:

Thai-Chinese people believe that the spirits of ancestors are released from hell to visit their relatives during this time

Best not take a minivan then if they wanna get there in one piece .. 

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