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Vegetarian “festival” begins in Pattaya but only small religious rituals allowed this year due to Covid-19

 

It’s that time of year again.

Normally, October brings several weeks of the popular vegetarian festival in which, during normal times, parades, concerts, shows, events, sermons, and of course hundreds of food vendors with a variety of delicious vegetarian food fill the street in front of Sawang Boriboon temple in Naklua.

The event normally draws tens of thousands of tourists, both domestic and foreign, and is usually a hub of activity.

This year, however, the event has essentially been canceled due to Covid-19 concerns in Pattaya, with city officials only allowing certain religious ritual aspects of the event to take place in and around Sawang Boriboon with small numbers of people taking Covid-19 precautions. The “fun” aspects of the event, especially the popular street-wide festival lined with hundreds of vendors, events, mini-concerts, children’s play areas,…

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