"All the other dudes were doing it, it just seemed like a good idea at
the time". I mean c'mon we have to give up sex, alcohol and meat for
fucking 9 days. Tell me you wouldn't be shoving metre long shovels
through your face either."
- participant at the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Phuket.
Well not really but you could imagine it going something along those lines. Check out this
gallery
of images (not recommended for the queezy) of what the local Chinese
community in Phuket get up to at this time of year. Crazy shit.