🥬 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Phuket Town, Thailand

Usually: The first nine days of the 9th lunar month, late September to OctoberDates TBA

Nine days of vegetarian fasting for the Nine Emperor Gods—streets fill with yellow-flagged vegan stalls and dramatic street processions.

Good to know

• Wear white to join the processions, as locals do.
• Processions are intense—not for young kids or the squeamish.