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Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2011

Phuket Vegetarian Festival : 27 September – 05 October 2011

Vegetarian Festival 2011

The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is an annual event held during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. It is believed that the vegetarian festival and its accompanying sacred rituals bestow good fortune upon those who religiously observe this rite.

During this time, local residents of Chinese ancestry strictly observe a 9 days vegetarian or vegan diet for the purposes of spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Sacred rituals are performed at various Chinese shrines and temples and aesthetic displays such as walking barefooted over hot coals and ascending ladders with bladed rungs are performed by entranced devotees known as “Ma Song”.

Schedule for street processions of Chinese Shrines:

Sun September 29, 2011  Sapam Shrine
Mon September 30, 2011  Samkong Shrine
Tue October 01, 2011  Ban Tha Rve Shrine
Wed October 02, 2011  Bang Neow Shrine
Cherng Thalay Shrine
Thu October 03, 2011  Jui Tui Shrine
Fri October 04, 2011  Kathu Shrine
Yokkekeng Shrine
Sat October 05, 2011  Sui Boon Tong Shrine

End of the Internship

 

I am almost at the end of my internship (I finish tomorrow) and am still in disbelief at how quickly it passed by. I have had so much fun working at 91.5FM and learning all that I can about what does on daily at a radio station and getting to go live on-air on multiple occasions. I will have finished having so much more knowledge and experience than I did when I started and I can’t thank 91.5FM enough for having me on board. I have been allowed to do some special features on the Afternoon Show which has surprised me as since I am an intern and not a professional DJ or radio presenter, the chances of me making mistakes are high! I love doing them though so I am happy that I have been given the chance to do them.

Yesterday I did a feature on the Afternoon Show with DJ Doris from 2.30pm-3pm. We did a feature which featured the on-going Phuket Seafood Fiesta Festival, the health benefits of Thai food and the upcoming Vegetarian Festival which takes place at the end of September. This was my first project where I had to come up with some fresh idea’s and create a radio feature from these idea’s. It was a challenge as I wanted to talk about something interesting and relevant to Phuket without sounding boring or unenthusiastic. Tomorrow I am going to be doing another, slightly longer feature on the Afternoon Show to mark the end of my internship. I won’t say what we will be talking about as that would spoil the surprise, so be sure to tune in!

So that’s it from me on the Listen to Phuket blog. Once again I thank 91.5FM for having me on board, and I hope you have all enjoyed my blog posts!