Phuket Mayor calls for courting couples to join Baba Wedding Festival
The Phuket News


A couple perform a traditional Baba wedding ceremony as part of a public display held to announce the upcoming festival. Photo: Phuket City Municipality.

PHUKET: -- Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupana has called for all couples looking to take part in the eighth annual Baba Wedding Festival this year to register by month’s end.

This year’s edition of the traditional Peranakan, or “Baba”, Straits Chinese wedding festival will be held in Phuket Town in June under the theme “Under Andaman Sky”.

“The traditions of the Baba Wedding are s the most valuable and beautiful cultural heritage for us and it has been passed down from generation to generation,” said, Mayor Somjai, herself ethnic Phuket Chinese.

“This festival reflects the way of life of Baba in Phuket, how we venerate holy beings and honour our parents. We hold this festival every year to bring people together and to introduce this beautiful tradition to younger generations.

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-- Phuket News 2016-05-05

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