Festivals

Vegetarian Festival

For vegetarians, a Vegetarian Festival is organized every October. This is a Chinese tradition where believers refrain from eating meat and particular vegetables for nine days in order to make merit and give offerings to the spirits.

Vegetarian Festival is a traditional festival of the Chinese in Trang, held around October every year on a full moon night. Thais of Chinese heritage would become a vegetarian (no consumption of meat and certain kinds of vegetables) and dress in white for 9 days and nights. This is to bring good fortune and make merit. Thronghout the 9 days and nights, the spirit in the “medium” would go out and give blessing (some call it out touring) to households where there are offerings set out in front. The procession bearing the medium must light thousands of firecrakers, creating a deafening din. The medium would also perform supernatural feats to show that the spirit is in him.

Wedding Underwater

Underwater Wedding Ceremony famous a round the world. It is love history, and will be seen beautiful under water of Trang. And register under water is name project " Wedding Underwater" Wedding Underwater is first time when 20 April 1997 at Koh Waen certain evidence of sweetheart and It is take interesting from people of a round the world to be harmonious with Valentine Day on 14 February every years.

Cake Festival

Derives from the fact that Trang people are well known for making delicious cakes. This is particularly true for the villagers of Ban Lam Phu Ra where making cakes dates back generations. The cakes of Trang have no frosting and have several flavors like orange, coffee, three-flavored, etc. The festival is scheduled for every August. The cakes make ideal gifts.

Trang Roast Pork Festivalis

A tourism promotion activity of Trang, held every September. The festival features the mouthwatering roast pork of a special recipe of Trang. The pork skin is crispy, the meat is tender and it is delicious due to a process by which the pig is fermented with herbs then roasted whole on a specially made grill.

Trang’s roast pork is sold daily and goes well with morning coffee or can be a dish at banquets.

Trang Products Fair

Is held during 2-13 April annually. The fair combines culture, traditions and products of the province to display, to go in contests and pageants and to be sold in store.

Annual King’s Birhtday and Red Cross Fair

Is held during 5-15 December every year. There are entertainments and shops selling a variety of products. It is the grandest festival of Trang and of southern Thailand.