The Yala Vegetarian Festival is now sizzling hot like a stir-fry wok. It kicked off with a spicy city-wide procession circling Betong in southern Thailand, and yellow flags popping up like corn in a kettle.
This cultural fusion extravaganza, blending Thai spice with Chinese nice, is attracting more tourists than a dim sum buffet.
Today, the festival kicked off at the Betong Clock Tower, led by Sakun Lengluckkul, the mayor of Betong and the president of the local Chinese Cultural Preservation Association, along with members of the Betong Foundation, private sector organisations and the public.
Numerous tourists from Malaysia and Singapore, dressed in white, enthusiastically participated in the city procession. The vegetarian festival in Betong is scheduled from October 14 to October 23.
Sakun invited Guan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy, to the shrine to lead the city…
