Langsat Fair September Langsat, a fruit eaten raw, is a specialty of Uttaradit and celebrated in this typical provincial fair. Among the features are a display and sale of products made by the people of Lap Lae, a village noted for its handicrafts, local entertainment,and a contest to select a beauty queen. The water buffalo is one of the main stays of a Thai farmer's life. In this annual event, water buffalo are used for more amusing uses than ploughing fields. These activities include buffalo races and contents with man competing against beast.
Beauty contests add to the fun of a festival attracting crowds from nearby seaside resorts.
Every October, the Vegetarian Festival presents a wild explosion of smoke-choked action. Phuket's Chinese temples all join forces for the final night's parade, shrouding streets in smoke and raining firecrackers over bearers who carry a palanquin of gods. Over the five days of the Vegetarian Festival, each major Chinese shrine stages its own procession. Here a crowd gathers as devotees prepare for the night parade. On the day of the full moon in the twelfth month, homage is paid to the Goddess of Water, Meh Khonkha, which in Indian means Mother Ganges, but which in Thai means simply Mother of Water.