webfact Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2012 underway Phuket Gazette Phuket Vegetarian Festival 'mah song' devotees begin their purification rites at the Jui Tui Shrine in Phuket Town. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong Thousands of Vegetarian Festival devotees and spectators joined the raising of the 'go teng' pole at the Jui Tui Shrine in Phuket Town. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong PHUKET: -- The Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2012 began officially at midnight last night as lanterns were hung at the participating Chinese shrines on the island, marking that the Jade Emperor and nine Emperor Gods had descended from the heavens. Thousands of devotees and spectators gathered at shrines across the island yesterday at sunset for the raising of the huge go teng poles, which the gods used to arrive to walk the streets of Phuket. Among the guests at Jui Tui Shrine in Phuket Town were Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut and Privy Councillor Chalit Pookpasuk, joining Yen Long, the senior residing abbot at the Emerlad Buddha Temple in Tienjin in China. Activities at the shrines today and tomorrow are reserved for purification and worship ceremonies, with the internationally renowned street processions to start on Wednesday (Click here for a schedule of the street processions with maps.) Although not marked on the official Phuket Vegetarian Festival program of events, Phuket City Municipality will stage a special procession of students through the heart of Phuket Town to honor Their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit and HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, who celebrated his 60th birthday on July 28 this year. The procession will start at the Sanam Chai field opposite Phuket Provincial Hall and continue to Saphan Hin. Starting at 5pm, the parade will begin head south from Sanam Chai field, turn right onto Narisorn Road, then left onto Montri Road, pass The Metropole Hotel at the Clocktower Circle and continue to Saphan Hin. (Click here for a map of the street procession route) For people wanting to join and watch the many other popular activities being held during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, including fire walking and bladed-ladder climbing, the full official schedule of activities at each shrine is as follows: Monday October 15 - The First day of the festival Kathu Shrine 05.00 / 18.00 Worship of Gods Jui Tui Shrine Worship of Gods Bang Neow Shrine 20.00 Worship of Gods Samkong Shrine Worship of Gods Tha Rue Shrine 12.00 / 19.00 Worship of Gods Cherng Talay Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods Yokkekeng Shrine Worship of Gods Sapam Shrine 17.45 Birth-Death Gods at Saphan Hin Tuesday, October 16 Kathu Shrine 05.00 / 18.00 Worship of Gods Jui Tui Shrine Worship of Gods and Spirit Propitiation of Past Participants of the Vegetarian Festival. Sui Boon Tong Shrine 20.00 Worship and Propitiation of Gods Samkong Shrine Worship of Gods Tha Rue Shrine 17.00 Worship of Gods Cherng Talay Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods Yokkekeng Shrine 20.00 Worship of Gods Sapam Shrine 20.00 Worship of Gods Wednesday, October 17 Kathu Shrine 05.00 / 18.00 Worship of Gods 16.00 Warriors Propitiation 16.30 Food Offering to Warriors 19.30 Birth-Death Gods Propitiation Jui Tui Shrine 19.30 Food Offering to Warriors 20.45 Birth-Death Gods Propitiation Bang Neow Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors Sui Boon Tong Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Worship of Gods Samkong Shrine 15.09 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Propitiation of Seven Stars Tha Rue Shrine 17.30 Food Offering to Warriors 18.30 Birth-Death Gods Propitiation Cherng Talay Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 15.30 Blessing Bang Tao Village 19.00 Worship of Gods Yokkekeng Shrine 15.30 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Birth-Death Gods Propitiation at Koh Sirey Beach Sapam Shrine 07.00 Street Procession in Phuket town 15.45 Food Offering to Warriors Thursday, October 18 Kathu Shrine 05.00 / 18.00 Worship of Gods Jui Tui Shrine Worship of Gods and Spirit Propitiation of Past Participants of the Vegetarian Festival Bang Neow Shrine Spirit Propitiation of Past Participants of the Vegetarian Festival Sui Boon Tong Shrine 20.00 Worship of Gods Samkong Shrine 05.30 Worship of Gods 07.19 Street Procession in Phuket Town 12.00 Worship of Gods 18.00 Worship of Gods Tha Rue Shrine 12.00 / 19.30 Worship of Gods Cherng Talay Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 15.30 Blessing Manik and Cherng Thalay Villages 19.00 Worship of Gods Yokkekeng Shrine 07.30 Worship of Gods 20.00 Worship of Gods Sapam Shrine Worship of Gods Friday, October 19 Kathu Shrine 05.00 / 18.00 Worship of Gods Jui Tui Shrine Worship of Gods Bang Neow Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Propitiation of Seven Stars Sui Boon Tong Shrine 20.00 Worship of Gods 24.00 Propitiation of Gods Samkong Shrine 05.30 Worship of Gods 15.09 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods Tha Rue Shrine 07.30 Street Procession in Phuket Town Cherng Talay Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 20.09 Propitiation of Seven Stars 23.00 Worship of Gods Yokkekeng Shrine 07.30 Worship of Gods 20.00 Worship of Gods Sapam Shrine 19.00 Street Procession in Sapam Village Saturday, October 20 Kathu Shrine 05.00 Worship of Gods 16.00 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods Jui Tui Shrine 15.09 Food Offering to Warriors 20.09 Fire Walking at Saphan Hin Bang Neow Shrine 07.00 Street Procession in Phuket Town 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors Sui Boon Tong Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 19.00 Worship of Gods 21.00 Fire Walking Samkong Shrine 05.30 Worship of Gods 15.09 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods Tha Rue Shrine 17.00 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Fire Walking at Shrine Cherng Talay Shrine 05.30 Worship of Gods 07.30 Street Procession in Thalang District 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 19.30 Worship of Gods 21.30 Random Selection to Find Servants to Priests in the Next Vegetarian Festival Yokkekeng Shrine 07.30 Worship of Gods 15.30 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Fire Walking at Shrine Sapam Shrine 15.30 Food Offering to Warriors 21.00 Fire Walking at Shrine Sunday, October 21 Kathu Shrine 05.00 Worship of Gods 16.00 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods 19.00 Propitiation of Seven Stars Jui Tui Shrine 08.00 Street Procession in Phuket Town 21.09 Propitiation of Seven Stars Bang Neow Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Bladed-Ladder Climbing Sui Boon Tong Shrine 19.00 Worship of Gods 21.00 Propitiation of Seven Stars Samkong Shrine 05.30 Worship of Gods 15.09 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods 20.00 Bladed - Ladder Climbing Tha Rue Shrine 20.00 Propitiation of Seven Stars 20.45 Oil Bathing, Tying Children's Wrist Cherng Talay Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 19.59 Bladed-Ladder Climbing 23.00 Worship of Gods Yokkekeng Shrine 20.00 Propitiation of Seven Stars Sapam Shrine 20.00 Propitiation of Seven Stars 20.00 Nail Bridge Crossing Oil Bathing Monday, October 22 Kathu Shrine 05.00 Worship of Gods 07.00 Street Procession in Phuket Town 12.00 Worship of Gods 16.00 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods Jui Tui Shrine 20.09 Bridge Crossing for Purification Bang Neow Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Fire Walking at Shrine 22.00 Random Selection to Find Servants to Priests in the Next Vegetarian Festival Sui Boon Tong Shrine 20.00 Food Offering to Warriors 24.00 Propitiation of Gods Samkong Shrine 05.30 Worship of Gods 15.09 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods 20.00 Fire Walking at Shrine Tha Rue Shrine 18.30 Street Procession in Thalang District Cherng Talay Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 20.09 Fire Walking at Shrine 21.30 Worship of Gods Yokkekeng Shrine 07.00 Street Procession in Phuket Town (join in Kathu Shrine's Procession) Sapam Shrine Worship of Gods Tuesday, October 23 Kathu Shrine 05.00 Worship of Gods 09.30 Random Selection to Find Servants to Priests in the Next Vegetarian Festival 15.00 Fire Walking at Shrine 16.00 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Worship of Gods 19.30 Bridge Crossing for Purification 24.00 Siva & Nine Emperor Gods and Birth-Death Gods Farewell Jui Tui Shrine 15.09 Food Offering to Warriors 23.09 Siva Farewell 23.45 Nine Emperor Gods Farewell at Saphan Hin Bang Neow Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 18.00 Bridge Crossing for Purification 22.00 Siva & Nine Emperor Gods Farewell Sui Boon Tong Shrine 07.00 Street Procession in Phuket Town 20.00 Worship of Gods 21.00 Bridge Crossing for Purification 24.00 Siva & Nine Emperor Gods Farewell Samkong Shrine 05.30 Worship of Gods 15.09 Food Offering to Warriors 19.00 Bridge Crossing for Purification 23.09 Siva Farewell 24.00 Nine Emperor Gods Farewell at Saphan Hin Tha Rue Shrine 17.30 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Bridge Crossing for Purification and Siva & Nine Emperor Gods Farewell at Nai Yang Beach Cherng Talay Shrine 05.30 Worship of Gods 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors 18.30 Bridge Crossing for Purification 21.30 Siva Farewell 22.09 Nine Emperor Gods Farewell at Surin Beach Yokkekeng Shrine 07.30 Worship of Gods 15.30 Food Offering to Warriors 20.00 Bridge Crossing for Purification 22.30 Siva Farewell 24.00 Nine Emperor Gods Farewell at Koh Sirey Beach Sapam Shrine 19.45 Bridge Crossing for Purification 22.45 Siva & Nine Emperor Gods Farewell Wednesday, October 24 Kathu Shrine 17.00 Lantern Pole Lowering 17.30 Warriors Farewell Jui Tui Shrine 17.09 Lantern Pole Lowering Bang Neow Shrine 15.00 Food Offering to Warriors and Lantern Pole Lowering Samkong Shrine 17.09 Lantern Pole Lowering Tha Rue Shrine 16.45 Lantern Pole Lowering Cherng Talay Shrine 16.30 Food Offering to Warriors 17.00 Lantern Pole Lowering Yokkekeng Shrine 16.00 Food Offering to Warriors 16.00 Lantern Pole Lowering Sapam Shrine 15.45 Food Offering to Warriors 15.45 Lantern Pole Lowering List of Vegetarian Festival Chinese Shrines Sapam Shrine (Click here for map of location) Samkong Shrine (Click here for map of location) Tha Rue Shrine (Click here for map of location) Bang Neow Shrine (Click here for map of location) Jui Tui Shrine (Click here for map of location) Kathu Shrine (Click here for map of location) Yokkekeng Shrine (Click here for map of location) Sui Boon Tong Shrine, also called the “Lor Rong Shrine” (Click here for map of location) Additional reporting by Kritsada Mueanhawong /note by Admin: please visit original source for links Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2012/Phuket-Vegetarian-Festival-2012-underway-19177.html -- Phuket Gazette 2012-10-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I went to Phuket town today. This was my first year I went to see the action there.. and must say this is now definitely my favorite festival in Phuket. Streets full of people. Lot's of action to see. Plenty of fire crackers and people who are possessed with spirits. Next time I'll probably go to see the Fire walking and bladed ladders, what ever it is. Phuket town and Jui Tui area there is definitely place to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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