Trang Vegetarian Festival Celebrated on Grand Scale
Entranced devotees performed rituals of self-mortification, walking on burning coals and climbing blade ladders, as part of the Vegetarian Festival in the southern province of Trang.
Entranced devotees performed rituals of self-mortification, walking on burning coals and climbing blade ladders, as part of the Vegetarian Festival in the southern province of Trang.
Thai people get ready to start religious rituals and healthy diet in the Vegetarian Festival from Saturday to October 7.
Thai Chinese descendants in Bangkok’s China Town have prepared to kick off the annual Vegetarian Festival from Sept 28 – Oct 7.
The Public Health Ministry has launched a campaign to educate practitioners about healthy diet while taking part in the upcoming Vegetarian Festival.
The Vegetarian Festival was in full swing in southern Thailand on Wednesday as devotees joined street processions featuring extreme bodily implements and other supernatural rituals.
Vegetarian Festival kicked off at shrines of Chinese deities in Thailand on Monday, the first day for devotees to observe vegetarian diets in the nine-day festival.