Bleué Addicted: phuket

Sunday, November 1, 2015

The Perks of Being Phuketian In Vegetarian Festival: Chapter 2

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I know the pictures above would have just ruined your day, or breakfast or whatever you are doing right now. So please put your hand which covering your mouth down from the soul-stirring that people who are possessed by god/goddess spirits are performing along the parade. This made me cried once when I was a 5-year-old Bleué, so it gave me a sense of normality, but still, covering my mouth the same way as you when I saw the performance in visual. For what I've understood, all these people who believed are possessed by the god/goddess are kind of torturing themselves (without feeling hurt or pain) to prove to the public of how strong the power within their body, even a sword from one bulge of the cheek through the another, and many other tools they use in the show. There are as well the firecrackers of the audience who will throw to the men in the parade, and the miracle here happened by they all saying that the bomb sounds and the blasts affected them nothing and are completely fine after the show finish. And each temple has their own signature of a parade, but only famous ones are able to perform this such show, luckily me, the day I went to and took all above photos are the most severe show of all. I hope all these info and photos keep you awake from the cereal bowl you're mumbling in your mouth or late dinner that screams "hungry" from your little naughty stomach, by the way, all events in the pictures above are really happening, no editing or fabricating such activity, I have nothing but to keep it real.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

The Perks of Being Phuketian In Vegetarian Festival: Chapter 1

It is my privilege and excuse to be back home again, and never once deny this kind of chance. Before I put the real knowledge about how this annually Vegetarian Festival start into my membranes, let me inform you with my nostalgic storytelling by my beloved mom after a little questionnaire son asked "why I have to follow this traditional event and be such a good person for several days", the answer is simple, yet mythically.

"Back in many decades ago, people in Phuket are infected the disease that not yet able to solved, and started to cause some lives. Chinese temple is the only hope they had, and the promise of disease-forfending was made, phenomenally, people tended to get better and relieved. To eat as vegetarian for 9 days was what Phuketians will do to แก้บน. This event has occurred annually ever since. We do it as to make all of our lives gain prosper in all kind of future, and you are my future, that's why I do it for you too" said my mom.

What only Phuketians aware of in the festival is the power ambient where all over Phuket will be covered with a strength energy that hard to explain, we don't feel it as physically, it's just a feeling of a warm wind embracing our hearts, tranquil the wild for 9 days, and get back to work with a full fresh perspective. In this 9 days, 80% of the people in this city will wear white to represent how pure and clean we are, we talk better, eat cleaner and act finer.

Every morning the parade of each temple will walk through houses and perform such supernatural act such as cutting the tongue, put strange objects through the mouth (pictures will be featured in the next chapter) these people are not ordinary, they are a body that Chinese Gods/Goddesses' spirit has communicated through possessed. Along with the parade, the Gods/Goddesses in a form of us will give holy threads to whoever has it tied in the hand will stay protected and be safe by the bless of the givers.