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The Nine Emperor Gods Festival (Min Nan Chinese: 九皇爺誕; Malay: Perayaan Sembilan Maharaja Dewa; Thai: เทศกาลกินเจ, เทศกาลกินผัก (ภาคใต้ประเทศไทย)) or Vegetarian Festival or Jay Festival is a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, celebrated primarily in ...
The ploughing ceremony was a ritual to propitiate the rain god, Moe Khaung Kyawzwa (မိုးခေါင်ကျော်စွာ) in order to ensure a good harvest for the kingdom, and also a way for the king to present himself as a peasant king (တောင်သူကြီးမင်း) to the commoners.
The Phra Ruang dynasty was the only royal lineage that ruled over the Sukhothai Kingdom, the first Central Thai state.Established by Si Inthrathit in 1238, who declared independence from the Khmer Empire, the dynasty laid the foundations for Thai society. [7]
Articles of Faith: Thailand’s Vegetarian Festival by Leslie Nevison is a far better account of what the Nine Emperor Gods Festival has to do with Thailand's Phuket Island. If no one objects, in 9 days I'm going to cut Celebration in Thailand from this article and paste it to Vegetarian Festival as Celebration in Thailand of Nine Emperor Gods ...
The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Asia, with links to separate lists by country and region where applicable.This list includes festivals of diverse types, including regional festivals, commerce festivals, film festivals, folk festivals, carnivals, recurring festivals on holidays, and music festivals. [1]
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' Black Emperor ') and is particularly revered by martial artists. He is the patron god of Hebei , Henan , Manchuria and Mongolia . As some Han Chinese (now the modern-day Cantonese and Fujianese peoples) migrated into the south from Hebei and Henan during the Tang - Song era, Xuanwu is also widely revered in the Guangdong , Guangxi and Fujian ...
The festival is known as Sat Thai to differentiate it from the Chinese Ghost Festival which is known as Sat Chin in ... Nine Emperor God / Festival of Nine Emperor ...