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Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Date : 29 September – 7 October 2008
Venue : Various Chinese shrines, Mueang District, Phuket

The Thai-Chinese in Phuket have long passed on the vegetarian festival to purify mind and soul by refraining from meat consumption and meditating. Symbolising the presence of the deities throughout the festival are 9 lanterns lit up and placed aloft on [...]

Phuket Race Week 2008

Raceweek is now the highlight of Phuket’s “green season”.
The Six Senses Phuket Raceweek 2008, some times called Phuket%u2019s %u2018Green Season%u2019 regatta, is now in its fifth year, and is attracting a fleet of yachts for an exciting race series that battles the southwest monsoon breezes off Phuket’s coast 23-27 July.
As in the past the event retains the [...]