Festivals and Souvenirs

Major Phuket festivals worth attending are Thao Thep Kasattri and Thao Sisunthon Fair, held in March to commemorate the two great heroines who rallied Thalang inhabitants to repel Burmese invaders in 1785, Seafood Festival in May, and Vegetarian Festival usually held in October will amaze with ascetic displays of fire-walking and ascending sharp-bladed ladders. Shopping buys when visiting Phuket include cultivated pearls, batiks, and pewterware. Culinary delights include Kanom Chin Phuket, Nam Prik Kung Sieb, fried or boiled noodle dishes, cashew nuts of all kinds, and the most delectable pineapples of Phuket.