Phuket Vegetarian Festival Procession Routes
PHUKET: Following inaugural ceremonies in Phuket over the weekend to summon Chinese ancestral gods to take part in the island’s Vegetarian Festival, Phuket City’s Chinese temples are buzzing with activity and shrouded in the smoke from thousands of firecrackers and incense lit throughout the day.
Now that those gods have taken up temporary residence on Phuket in the bodies of believers (possessed warriors called ma song), the ma song will be taking part in piercing rituals and street daily processions and ceremonies until October 26.
For those who wish to witness the ma song processions, or avoid the roads closed off for them, see the schedule below for times and locations.
Monday, October 19
Kathu Shrine
05.00/18.00 Worship of Gods
20.00 Selection Process to Find Servants to Priests in the Next Vegetarian Festival
Jui Tui Shrine
09.30 Spirit Propitiation of Past Participants of the Vegetarian Festival.
Ban Tha Rue Shrine
12.00/19.00 Worship of Gods
Sui Boon Tong Shrine
20.00 Worship of Gods
Cherng Thalay Shrine
15.00 Food Offering to Warriors
19.00 Worship of Gods
Yok Kekeng Shrine
20.00 Worship of Gods
Bangkoo Shrine
20.30 Worship of Gods
Tae Gun Tai Tae Shrine
15.00 Food Offering to Warriors
20.00 Worship of Gods
Gim Tsu Ong Shrine
20.00 Worship of Gods
Choor Su Gong Naka Shrine
09.30 Spirit Propitiation of Past Participants of the Vegetarian Festival
19.45 Worship of Gods
Tuesday, October 20
Kathu Shrine
05.00 Worship of Gods
15.00 Warriors Propitiation
16.00 Food Offering to Warriors
18.00 Worship of Gods
19.30 Birth-Death Gods Propitiation
Jui Tui Shrine
15.09 Food Offering to Warriors
20.45 Birth-Death Gods Propitiation
Bang Neow Shrine
15.00 Food Offering to Warriors
Ban Tha Rue Shrine
17.30 Food Offering to Warriors
Sui Boon Tong Shrine
15.00 Food Offering to Warriors
20.00 Worship of Gods
Lim Hu Tai Su Shrine
15.00 Food Offering to Warriors
20.00 Seven Stars Worship
Cherng Thalay 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
Bangkoo Shrine
16.00 Food Offering to Warriors
19.45 Seven Stars Worship
Jang Ong Shrine
15.45 Food Offering to Warriors
20.00 Seven Stars Worship
Tae Gun Tai Tae Shrine
15.00 Food Offering to Warriors
20.00 Worship of Gods
Gim Tsu Ong Shrine
15.00 Food Offering to Warriors
20.00 Birth-Death Gods Propitiation
21.00 Worship of Gods
Choor Su Gong Naka Shrine
16.45 Food Offering to Warriors
19.45 Worship of Gods
— Gazette Reporters
