viernes, 20 de noviembre de 2009

Traditions and Customs of the World. Phuket Vegetarian Festival (Thailand)




The vegetarian festival and Chinese worship the god Tiu Jui held in Phuket (Thailand). The festival is held each year for nine days in the ninth lunar month, during which they can not eat meat, smoke or drink alcohol, so, to ward off evil spirits during the rest of the year.

During these 9 days, was subjected to various tests in which he outlines the holes that are made in the face.

1 comentario:

  1. This tradition is very painful and macabre. It´s incredible that some persons practise...
    But you blog is very beutiful, this chido.

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