Vegetarian festival

The Vegetarian Festival

The Vegetarian Festival held on Phuket Island is perhaps one of these. It's the food, that one could say, slots the Vegetarian Festival into the extreme categories. Not only is the food extremely mouth-wateringly delicious, it's extremely extensive in its varied cuisine and extreme in presentation and color for many of its dishes, especially the sweets (puddings).



Thailand's Vegetarian Festival is not for the faint-hearted. For vegetarians, this is a must-see on Phuket, if you find yourself in East Asia during this 10-day event.

History of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Perhaps the most surprising fact about Thailand's Vegetarian Festival is that is not Thai, but Chinese. There is a large Thai/Chinese population on Phuket, and Chinese temples and shrines are prevalent. Those of Chinese descent have largely preserved their culture and the island is a veritable melting pot of Thais, Chinese, Malaysians, and Western ex-pats.

Pleng Korat

Pleng Korat The performance which really a symbol of the province is “Pleng Korat” (Pleng = Song). It has been playing a lot in Korat but nowadays seem mostly in country area play it. In the town I have seen, the performance perform at the place around Thao Suranaree Statue which play for purpose to pay homage to Thao Suranaree when locals asked for blessing from her and get the achieve.

The objective of the study is to observe the development of Pleng Korat from the past up to the present with the focus on ‘original' Pleng Korat which has become less and less popular these days. From the study, it was found that Pleng Korat has undergone some development and that its forms, contents and procedures have changed considerably. While singers' creativity as well as listeners' taste constitute one reason, the other reason results from socio-cultural changes within the Thai Korat community. More varieties of Pleng Korat are created to accommodate the needs of the community. Pleng Korat Kae Bon, which is sung to fulfil one's vow or to make a votive offering, and Pleng Korat Sing, a mixture of typical Pleng Korat and modern folk, are two examples of well-known new-age Pleng Korat currently being performed. Regardless of the changes, Pleng Korat still preserves its distinguished lyrical and rhythmic characteristics, especially the Korat verse and “O” rhythm. However, whether Pleng Korat continues to be popular or not depends greatly on each singer's knowledge as well as the particular artist's own techniques of singing.