Traditions that practice's annual Phuket

Chinese New Year traditions

Celebrate New Year's Day of Chinese New, the New Year Chinese which is match on the 1st of China's first month or the 2nd, 3rd on Lunar, rituals have all 3 days.

• The first day is 29th of Month 12 of Chinese; there are food preparation and offering it for the next day. Make a spirit offering Pay respect to god.
• Day two is 30th of months 12 of China, there is God offering 2 period, the morning pay homage to the god, and fatherhood on afternoon. Then will be dining together in families and giving hongbao to children.
• The third day is the 1st day of 1st month 1 of the Chinese. People will dress a new set for a fortune to pay homage at their shrine. Today is considered a day trip, may visit other local relatives. It is no working, no say anything obscene or no any admonishment or rebuke each other.

Thank God tradition

To welcome and thanks God that help and protect the human. It begins after midnight on the 8th 0f March 8 of Chinese, or the starting time on the 9th of the 1st months.  The important thing are 2 sugarcane, both sweet and meat food.

Chinese tradition festival

A month, Chinese belief that Hell are considered to permit the wraith come out to get the fathers of each family's the annual merit which be paying homage on the 15th of March 7th, The Chinese will has a “PaiPou” or decorated offering wraith and spirit with a dessert, and carved fruits as a animals, also with “Hung Guu” or dessert turtle red powder made from glutinous rice, with soy shake or made from wheat flour without nucleus, symbol to long live.

• The offering locations as following.
• At Kathu Shrine on the lunar 17th of Month 6th of Chinese.
• At Talaad Yai Area on the lunar 13th of Month 7th of Chinese
• At Talaad Nuea Shrine on the lunar 16th of Month 7th of Chinese
• At local vegetable market on the lunar 17th-18th of Month 7th of Chinese
• At Baan AoKea (Takua-Pa Rd) on the lunar 21st of Month 7th of Chinese
• At ChaoPo TorKong Shrine (Baan Bang Neow) on the lunar 19th-30th of Month 7th of Chinese.

The Po-Tor

The Phuket Chinese Festival will have the ceremony on China's months 7th or on Thai's months 9 by offering the fathers and Holy Spirit with a sacrifice made with flour waffle is a large like a small / big red paint. The Chinese believe that turtle is so old stand by begging turtles to renew themselves and thus holds great merit.

Moon sacrifice tradition

It pays respect to god with the Waiprajan dessert called “Tong Chew Pear” and also with snazzy dessert on the Lunar 15th of Months 8th of Chinese.

Vegetarian traditions

Set ourselve on precept, pay the hearts clean, no meat consumption for 9 days which starting on the Lunar 1st of the Months 9, every night of March 9 or aroung September to October. It is the tradition that Chinese residents in Phuket to take a long time since photochemical protest in 2368 B.E. There will be many such rituals ceremony, invite God to fire walking, exorcise, and warriors farewell etc. This festival is one of the most event which has been featured in Faith and sequin both Thai and foreigners.  

Leeway Traditions

By group of fishermen at Rawai Beach & Baan Sapam, there will be a Leeway on Lunar 13th of month 6th.  For the fishermen at Koh Sirae start on Lunar 14th of month 6th, and fishermen at LeamKa (northern Phuket) will start on Lunar 15th of month 6th. For the Lunar Month of 11th there will ne the tradition like Loy Krating Day in Thai's tradition as ceremony exorcise with building boats from wood ,barber, nails, a wood doll, put bad things into the boat and then to float to bring the sad misfortune that troubles away with the sea. And then dance around the ship which song is known “Rong-ngeng”.

Thai customs festival (months 10th)

A Thai belief that hell is let wraith and that spirit come out to get the fathers of each family's the annual merit which be paying homage, review the merits and measures for the many kind of dessert : Laa, Tien, Tontai, Tom ect. Time match on back lunar 8th of Month 10th and also again on back lunar 15th of Month 10th.

The Ceremony Thao Thep Kasatri and Thao Sri Sunthorn.

It is the annual set on 13th March to celebrate of two heroine, there will be any activities to remember the bravery of this two  heroine that have protected Thalang City from Enemy at that time.

The ShengMeng Traditions (Shen tradition of April)

It is a major grouping of relatives to worship the fatherhood, it is annual on 5th of April, but the paying respect will start on date before 5th of April for 10 days, and again after 5th of April for 10 days.

Customs release turtles

To make merit and invite Monk to prayer, then release turtles into the sea at NaiYang Beach Natural Park. It is anual on 13th of April (SongKran Day).

Seafood Festival

In May every year, there will be the Seafood Festival to promote The Phuket SeaFood to another, persuade the tourist to visit Phuket in rainy season. There will be a lot of activities, the parade contest, The SeaFood Shops, the each Local Food demonstrate, and the cultural shows from each different local.

Laguna Phuket Triathlon

It is on October of eavery Day.

Walking turtles Festival.

It observs the turtle  to spawn on the beach at dawn. It is between October to February on  Turtles spawn season, there will be big turtle whic is difficult to find now.

Phuket Tourism Festival to open the season

It is annual on 1st  of November at Patong Beach to welcome tourist. It also show the harmony between the travel agency and governor and citizen. There are many activities such as giving food offerings to a Buddhist monk on morning, Water sports, beauty contest from tourist etc.

Phuket King's Cup Regatta

5st December of every year, there will be the Royal Cup sailing competition which it has started since 2530 B.E, to Honor of His Majesty, the King's 60 year anniversary, the continue till now as every year. There are many inter sailboat to join competition the King's Cup.

And other cultural traditions

Nowaday, Phuket people mostly are concise initiation ceremony. The orbit of the tonsure at morning then attend to the ordination afterthat there will be raising food play monk in Temple at Noon to celebrate the ordination of monks as well.

There will be a combination of Thai and Chinese culture together, that a marriage proposal and wedding are set a date already. In the morning of the wedding day the groom's parents will go with the groom's marriage and marriage price to home bride. It will has the point cracker welcome bride groom on arrival. When the bride is already engaged, groom and bride will have to worship The Goddess of Mercy (Kuan Im Shrine) at Aam Pud-Joh. And also to pay homage at the Luang Po Cham‘s sacredness. After finish these ceremony, there was also a party to celebrate the wedding which invited the relatives of both parties to pay a respect by Tea from bride and the groom, called "PangTae". When a party celebrating finish, there will be sent the bride groom to bridal house.

Food majority of people in Phuket will focus on the Chinese, that is a Phuket itself unique. They will have some dessert with hot tea, and chinese noodle as a breakfast, no rice. They have also the unique food of Phuket such as HokKian rice Noodle, PaChang rice Noodle, Spicy chicken curry with rice noodle, Sou rice noodle, O-Taaw, fresh spring rolls, SeawBouy (Dimsum), Loba, Namprik (chili sauce), and Kaeng Pung Pla (Fish Kidney Thick Spicy Soup) etc. There are many dessert such as HungKu(red candy turtles), HoudKoy, Ho-Hew (like jelly), Tubo, KiamKoy, and HaPong etc. Besides, there is a sauce which eant with fresh mango as a unique. It's like sweet fish sauce which mix with Shrimp paste, sugar, and use black soy sauce instead of fish sauce. It called : “KlueaKloe”.

Phuket's local play is Roeng-Ngaeng. It's a play of fisherman dance by movement of the hand, feet, and body along with tempo and lyrics of TonYong Song. The Instruments are Violin, Gong, Cymbal, wooden rhythm clappers. Dress for the play, the women will be batik cloth fabrics (Patae), and  long-sleeve colorfull shirt. Cloths look like “Yoya” Suite.