Phuket Vegetarian Festival
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Sunday 29th October, 2006 at 19:55:07| Words: 117 words | Category: Thai Festivals
A devotee, with his cheeks pierced with skewers, waits to join a procession in celebration of a vegetarian festival in Phuket October 29, 2006. The festival celebrates the local Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them attain good health and peace of mind. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND)
With their cheeks pierced with skewers, devotees join a procession in celebration of the vegetarian festival in Phuket October 29, 2006. The festival celebrates the local Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them attain good health and peace of mind. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND)

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