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"Gin Jay" Coming to Pattaya - October 21

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The following appears in the Pattaya City News:

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Preperations for "Gin Jay".

 

Gin Jay is a Chinese Festival occurring annually in October. It involves eating vegetarian food and worshipping the Nine Great Gods of the Chinese. It is a time when the Chinese purify their minds and bodies. In their belief, gods come down from heaven on a pole located at the Chinese Temple.

 

Adherents to the gods will wear white uniforms and eat no meat for the ten days of the festival. Some people will become mediums allowing the gods to inhabit their bodies while piercing themselves with different objects, walking on hot coals, and walking up dagger ladders to show their devotion to their gods. Here in Thailand many Thai

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