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Calendar October 10

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, (Indonesia)
6-10 October

This festival now exists since 7 years and attracts every years more people. The 2010 theme is "harmony in diversity" and will open hot debates on religious dogmas, political ideologies and national allegiances that bitterly divide the world. This year the festival welcomes writers from Bosnia, Cuba, Argentina and Iran: voices of those seldom heard. Emerging and established authors will once again take centre stage in four days of conversation, readings, panels, workshops and performances in breathtaking venues across Ubud.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival, (Thailand)

It is one of the most spectacular of all the vegetarian festivals held in Thailand. The nine-day festival is firmly embedded in the Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat is good for body and soul. In Phuket town, visitors watch in awe at fire walking, body piercing and other acts of self mortification, some of the feats quite scary.

Ok Phansa Boat Race Festival, The Banks of the Mekong, Vientiane (Laos)
various dates

Ok Phansa, the end of the rainy season, is celebrated with ten days of fabulous boat races and festivities beside the Mekong River in Vientiane. The capital city is a brilliant place to see this festival, which celebrates the re-emergence of husbands, brothers and sons who have been in temples on retreat during the rainy season. Ok Phansa is very similar to the Christian festival of Easter, when Lent is over and the period for stinting yourself has come to an end.

Water Festival, (Cambodia)
Last full moon in October

This spectacular event is the most extravagant festival in the calendar, convened over a three-day period. Up to 2 million people from all over the country flock to the banks of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers in Phnom Penh, to watch hundreds of brightly colored boats with over 50 paddlers in each, battle it outs for top honors. In the evening, brightly decorated floats cruise along the river complementing the nightly fireworks display. The festival marks the changing flow of the Tonle Sap River and is seen as a thanksgiving to the Mekong River for providing the country with fertile land and an abundance of fish.

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