Organisers said the parade would start around 5pm at the Honda showroom, near the Royal Phuket City Hotel on Phang-Nga Road in Phuket Town. The parade will finish at the Dragon Park (Queen Sirikit 72 Years Chalearmprakiet Park) on Thalang Road.
People in the parade will be assembled in the area by 4pm.
During the festival, roads around the Old Town, including Thalang, Krabi, Dibuk, Phang-Nga, Thepkrassatri and Phuket, will be turned into walking streets.
There are three main objectives of the festival: to develop and conserve culture, to promote the area, and to encourage all Phuket residents to contribute to the promotion of the Phuket Old Town.
The four main streets of the Old Town will have themes: Thalang Road will be about “stories of the past”; Krabi Rd will focus on “stories of the present”; Phang-Nga Rd will be about “stories of the future”, and Dibuk Rd will have clothes and food made by the Thai Peranakan Association.
There will also be numerous street acts, traditional performances and costumes, and plenty of food.
On Sunday (February 17), the last day of the festival, there will be worshipping of Chinese gods and goddesses from 11pm to 12am at the Hai Leng Ong space, in front of the Dragon Park.
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