Thao Thep Krasatri-Thao Sri Suntorn
Festival
The festival is held on 13 March yearly in memory of the two heroines
who led the defense of the island against the Burmese in 1785.
Turtle
Release Fair
The turtle release fair is held on Songkran festival, the nationwide
Thai water festival, on April 13. It is also the National Fisherman's
Day. Baby turtles are released into the sea at various locations.
Tourist
Season Opening Festival
It's usually called the Patong Carnival in English according to
the place where celebrations occur, and is held on November 1.
There are many stalls with merchandise and food, parades, sports
event, and a beauty competition for foreign tourists. The festival
is held to cement solidarity among the government, the private
business sector, and the people.
Phuket
King's Cup Regatta
It was the first held in 1987 in honour of His Majesty's 60th
birthday. The King of Thailand is a noted boating enthusiast and
yachts come from around the world to participate in the competition,
which is the largest and most popular in Southeast Asia. It is
held yearly on the anniversary of His Majesty's birthday, 5 December.
Site of the regatta is Nai Han Bay.
Phuket
Vegetarian festival
It
held on the first through the ninth nights of the ninth Chinese
lunar month; is in September or October. It was the first celebration
in 1825, when a troupe of actors enacted these rites toward off
a plague. At the mean time, people will eat only vegetarian foods,
importantly, there is the most popular activity is well-known
as " Self -multiration " which practiced by those whose bodies
become the temporary residence of powerful gods. Parades of worshippers
brave fireworks while carrying images through the street; some
walk on fire or climb bladed ladders. Participants number in the
thousands .The whole forms one of the most bizarre festivals in
Thailand.
Por
Tor Festival
This is an ancestor's festival of the ethnic Chinese
that falls on the seventh Chinese lunar month, which is the same
as the ninth lunar month of the Thais. Special foods, flowers
and candles are presented to the ancestor's altars. Cakes in the
shape of turtles are made from flour. This is done because turtles
live to great age and it is believed that by making such offering
worshippers may extend the length of their lives. It is an important
merit-makingfestival.
Chao
Le Boat Floating Festival
It is settled during the middle of the sixth and eleventh lunar
months yearly. The festival is held at the Chao Le, or Sea Gypsy,
villages in Phuket. The Rawai and Sapam villages hold their ceremonies
on the 13th; Sire village celebrates on the 14th; and the village
at Laem La (east of the bridge on Phuket's northern tip) celebrates
on the 15th. Ceremonies, which is the center around the setting
adrift of small boats similar to the Thai Festival of Loy Krathong,
are held at night and their purpose is to drive away evil and
to bring good luck to them.They will clip their fingernail and
strands of hair put in the little boats before being released,
along with little dolls fashioned from wood. Afterwards, the villagers
perform their famous dance round their own boats, called the Ram
Rong Ngeng.
Laguna Phuket
Triathlon
This annual year end event sees the world's top trial athletes
and hundreds of amateurs competing for prize money and placing
on the world triathlon circuit. The course, which includes swimming,
bicycling, and running through the beautiful natural surroundings
of Laguna Phuket in Tambon Choeng Thale, takes from two-and-a-half
to five hours to complete.
Seafood Festival
Seafood Festival, held around May yearly,
is designed to publicise the delicious seafood of Phuket and attract
visitors during the rainy season. Activities include a Marine
Tourism Resources Parade, seafood stalls, demonstrations of regional
cuisines and cultural shows.
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