I kēlā me kēia makahiki, e like me ka Thai lunar calendar, hoʻolauleʻa ka ʻāina i kahi ʻahaʻaina meaʻai mea kanu. Hāʻule ka hanana i Sepatemaba-ʻOkakopa a kaulana loa i nā wahi me ka heluna nui o nā malihini Kina: Bangkok, Chiang Mai a me Phuket.
He nui ka poʻe Thai e pili ana i ka meaʻai meaʻai i ka wā hoʻomaha, ʻoiai e ʻai ana i ka ʻiʻo i ke koena o ka makahiki. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kekahi i ka meaʻai meaʻai Thai ma ka lā o ka Buddha (ka mahina piha) a / a i ko lākou lā hānau.
I ka wā ʻahaʻaina, hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Thais i ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo jay. Lawe ʻia ka huaʻōlelo mai ka Chinese Mahayana Buddhism a ʻo ia hoʻi ka mālama ʻana i nā kauoha ʻewalu. ʻO kekahi o lākou ka hōʻole ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo i ka wā ʻahaʻaina. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana iā jay, pili pū ka Thai i nā ʻano moʻomeheu kiʻekiʻe i kāna mau hana, nā ʻōlelo a me nā manaʻo. I ka wā hoʻolauleʻa, hōʻike ʻia ka poʻe Thai e mālama i ko lākou kino a me nā mea kīhini maʻemaʻe, a ʻaʻole e kaʻana like i kā lākou mau ipu me ka poʻe mālama ʻole i ka ʻahaʻaina meaʻai. Paipai ʻia e ʻaʻahu i nā lole keʻokeʻo e like me ka hiki, ʻaʻole e hōʻino i nā holoholona, a e noʻonoʻo i kāu mau hana a me kāu mau manaʻo. ʻAʻole ka poʻe haipule i ka moekolohe a me ka waiʻona i ka wā hoʻolauleʻa.
Ma 2016, ua mālama ʻia ka Bangkok Vegetarian Festival mai ʻOkakopa 1 a 9. ʻO Chinatown ke kikowaena o nā ʻahaʻaina, kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā lālani o nā hale kūʻai makeshift e kūʻai aku ana i nā mea āpau mai nā keke momona a i nā sopa noodle. ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e kipa aku ai i ka ʻahaʻaina ma ke ahiahi, ma kahi o 17:00 pm, i ka wā e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻai i ka ʻai, e hauʻoli i ka opera Kina a kipa aku i nā luakini piha i ka poʻe hoihoi i ka hoʻomaha. Lele nā hae melemele a ʻulaʻula mai nā hale kūʻai meaʻai. ʻO ka parody o ka ʻiʻo kekahi o nā mea kupanaha loa o ka ʻahaʻaina. Ua like kekahi me ka mea maoli, aʻo nā "fakes" ʻē aʻe he kiʻi paʻi kiʻi i ka helehelena. He ʻokoʻa nō hoʻi ka ʻono: nā lāʻau satay, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai ka ʻiʻo maoli, nā sausages tofu-flavored (kahi i hana ʻia ai). No ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia nā mea ʻala ikaika e like me ke kāleka a me nā aniani, maʻalahi ka meaʻai ma ka hanana.
ʻO kahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa no ka Bangkok Vegetarian Festival ʻo Soi 20 ma ke alanui Charoen Krung, kahi e kūʻai ʻia ai nā ʻāpana kaʻa i nā manawa maʻamau. I ka wā o ka ʻahaʻaina, lilo ia i kikowaena o nā hanana. Ke hele nei ma mua o nā hale kūʻai meaʻai a me nā hale huaʻai, e hālāwai ka malihini i kahi luakini Kina, kahi e lawelawe ai ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo, i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā kukui a me nā mea ʻala. ʻO nā kukui e kau ana mai ke kaupaku he mea hoʻomanaʻo ia he hanana hoʻomana ka hanana. Ke hele nei ʻoe i ka muliwai, e ʻike ʻoe i kahi kahua kahi e hoʻokani ai kahi opera Kina me nā helehelena pena a me nā lole nani e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā Akua i kēlā me kēia pō. Hoʻomaka nā hōʻike ma ka hola 6 a i ʻole 7 pm.
ʻOiai ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he meaʻai meaʻai, ua kuhikuhi ʻia ka meaʻai e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i ka iʻa, nā huahana waiu, ka ʻiʻo a me ka moa i manawa kūpono e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kino no 9 mau lā. Manaʻo pinepine ʻia ʻo Phuket ʻo ke kikowaena o ka ʻahaʻaina meaʻai meaʻai ma Thailand, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui o 30% o ka heluna kanaka kūloko no nā kūpuna Kina. ʻO nā hana hoʻolauleʻa, ʻo ia ka hou ʻana i nā pāpālina, ke alelo a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino me nā pahi kaua ma ke ʻano akamai loa, ʻaʻole ia he kiʻi no ka poʻe nāwaliwali. He mea pono e hoʻomaopopo i ka mālama ʻia ʻana o nā ʻahaʻaina ma Bangkok ma kahi ʻano i kāohi ʻia.