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Phuket Prepares for Khao Pansa With Candle Ceremony

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24 Jul The Phuket News

PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality has held its annual candle casting ceremony ahead of Khao Pansa (the beginning of ‘Buddhist Lent’), with local officials, Buddhist clergy, students and residents gathering to preserve one of Thailand’s longest-standing religious traditions.

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