For Bouddhist people it was now impossible to harm the trees. Alas sometimes officials used another monks to defrock the trees. I n Thailand many spirit doctors help people to get chance, to gain the heart of a desired mate, to get rid of ghosts, to reveal future, to get rid of curses. But monk hierarchy does not tolerate those monks. T he annual biggest concentration of spirit doctors happens each september in Phuket and South of Thailand during the vegetarian festival .
Many men pierce their body with sharp objects or walk on fire.
They feel no pain and show the power of the spirit that inhabits their body. This festival is linked to Chinese religion and beliefs. Its statue represents a woman in Thai traditional clothes, sitting on her knees with the right hand up and the hand making the gesture to bring money to her-self. Thai people like to have this statue in their home or their shop. I n july 2001 a woman who claims her son has been reincarnated as a lizard can keep it until she performs religious rites to send his spirit away.