Vegetarian festival phuket
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The Vegetarian Festival is a religious festival annually held on the island of Phuket in Thailand. It attracts crowds of spectators because of many of the unusual religious rituals that are performed. Many religious devotees will slash themselves with swords, pierce their cheeks with sharp objects and commit other self destructive acts, although the devotees do not suffer any harm. This is attributed to spirits that are said to protect the devotees.
