Events and Festival

Parading Buddha Images or Chak Phra Festival (1 - 9 Oct 2009)

Held in the provincial town of Surat Thani on the 8th day of the waning moon of the 11th lunar month, the locals place Buddha images on elaborately decorated boats or carriages to be paraded in overland or waterborne processions to give a chance for people along the way to make merits by placing offerings and money into the carriages and boats. There are also traditional forms of evening entertainment.