This meant that Kathu Shrine was peaceful - the calm before the storm which was going to follow on Monday morning.
Visiting Kathu Shrine early in the morning meant that I could get up close to all of the items that are present for the Vegetarian Festival.
The first thing that I noticed was that all of the effigies at the front of the temple were missing - it was beautiful but the red frames were all empty.
There are a plethora of different effigies normally in the temple but they were clearly out with the Sedan Chairs for the week (I really must find out if each effigy has a meaning).
The next thing that I noticed was the beautiful colours of the robes that were going to be worn by the Mah Song and 'possessed' during the ceremony. (There is a shop in Phuket Town that sells these if you are interested).
Then the next thing that I noticed was the rope whips which the Mah Song use during the parade - some have a handle which is a snake (a Cobra?) and ones which resemble a dragon.
The inside of the shrine itself was very calm and there were people milling about calmly - lovely, well worth a visit even when there is no festival.
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