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Chumphon
Festivls
 Lang
Suan Fruit Fair Annually held
in August, the activities of this event are fruit
contest, fruit market, preserved-fruit products,
and competition for queen of the fruit contest.
Lang Suan Festival of
Buddha Floating Procession, Boat Competition
This event has been the old tradition of Lang
Suan for more than 100 years. Normally held in
October of every year, the highlights of this
festival are decorated Buddha Floating Procession
from many temples. In the afternoon, the long
boat competition is held.
Festival of Prince Chumphon
Celebration Held during December 19 -
25 of every year to celebrate Prince of Chumphon,
the founder of the Navy of Thailand, the festival
features exhibitions of the life of Prince Chumphon
and southern local performances.
Festival of Chumphon
Sea World This festival is held in mid-March
to April every year at Hat Sai Ri. The objective
of this festival is for tourism promotion and
nature conservation of Chumphon. The activities
consist of fishing competition, photography contest
of tourist attractions, tourist attraction exhibition,
and mini-marathon competition.
Songkhla
Festivals
 Songkran
Festival is held on 13 April. In Hat
Yai the festival is held around Niphat Uthit 1,
2, and 3 Roads, from morning till evening. Malaysians
and Singaporeans often join in the festivities
with their Thai hosts.
Thai Goods and Produce
Promotion Fair is usually held in the
middle of July when fruits are at their peaks.
The fair boasts large selection of the best agricultural
products from all southern provinces both for
display and for sale.
Tham Bun Duean Sip
is another southern tradition that is held on
the full moon of the tenth lunar month. This festival
grew from the belief that during the new moon
phase in the tenth month, the souls of the deceased
relatives and friends, especially those not yet
reborn would be released to meet the living relatives.
So the living would prepare foods to offer them
to the monks in their names. In Sathing Phra this
festivity is different than in other districts
whereby tall gold figures are paraded as the “proxy”
for the deceased who were respected by the villagers.
Lak Phra and Tak Bat
Thewo (giving alms) is held on the new
moon in the eleventh lunar month, around October
of every year in Amphoe Mueang Songkhla. The festivity
would start one day before the actual day to wrap
a large cloth around the top of the Chedi on Khao
Tang Kuan. In the morning of the festival day,
alms are offered to monks (tak bat thewo) at the
foot of the hill. Several hundred monks would
walk down from Khao Tang Kuan to receive the offerings.
Late in the morning monks travelling by boat from
other temples in Songkhla would proceed along
the waterfront so the Buddhist can offer alms
and pull their boats along. Such acts are considered
highly merited. The monks’ boats would congregate
at the lotus pond to participate in the boat decoration
contest. On the festival ground there are also
art and culture performances.
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