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Halloween Costume Party Ideas: Customs around the World: Thailand 

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The festival of Phi Ta Khon is a type of procession with music and a parade of masks that accompany the image of the sacred Buddha. During this procession the young village men, dressed up as ghosts and spirits, poke fun at the other villagers as they recite the story of Buddha’s last reincarnation. The procession begins in the city of Dan Sai, which is located about 320 miles northeast of Bangkok.  

The annual festival is celebrated on the first day of the Buddhist holiday known as "Boon Para Wate" and occurs in May, June or July.  

On the first day, participants dress up as monsters and wear very creative masks. The nose, painted and made from coconut bark, is gigantic. The top part of the head is made from sewn rice and many have bells and charms on them that chime as they dance. Although most dress up to frighten the crowd, the procession includes entertaining skits and a variety of lively dances. Many of the participants carry large, red, phallic symbols with which they taunt the women in the crowd. At the end of the parade, the organizers award a prize to the person with the best costume, mask and dance.  

On the second day, they dance towards the temple and put out their torches as a sign of the end of the procession. On the third and last day of the festival, the villagers congregate at the temple Wat Ponchai to listen to a message from Buddha that is read to them by the local monks.  

The origins of this festival are not quite clear, but it is tied into Buddhist folklore. Legend has it that while in his penultimate life, Prince Vessandorn was away from the country on his travels for so long that his subjects forgot about him. Apparently, they thought he had died. When he returned, the people were so thrilled and celebrated with so much fervor that the spirits awoke and joined the celebration and so the festival of Phi Ta Khon was born 

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