The Vegetarian Festival is a tradition organized by people on the island of Phuket, Thailand.
Do you know: The festival is held as a way for people to cleanse themselves spiritually.
The Vegetarian festival, as the name suggests, is a festival where people eat only vegetarian or vegan food. The diet is considered a cleansing ritual. Apart from maintaining a vegetarian diet, the locals also walk barefoot on pieces of hot coal, slash themselves with swords and pierce their cheeks with sharp objects.
