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Major Phuket festivals worth attending are Thao Thep Kasattri and Thao
Sisunthon Fair, held in March to commemorate the two great heroines who
rallied Thalang inhabitants to repel Burmese invaders in 1785, Seafood
Festival in May, and Vegetarian Festival usually held in October will
amaze with ascetic displays of fire-walking and ascending sharp-bladed
ladders. Shopping buys when visiting Phuket include cultivated pearls,
batiks, and pewterware. Culinary delights include Kanom Chin Phuket,
Nam Prik Kung Sieb, fried or boiled noodle dishes, cashew nuts of all
kinds, and the most delectable pineapples of Phuket.
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