Minyaka yonke, ngokwekhalenda lenyanga yaseThailand, izwe ligubha umkhosi wokudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni. Lo mcimbi ikakhulukazi uwela ngoSepthemba-Okthoba futhi udume kakhulu ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi abavela kwamanye amazwe baseShayina: iBangkok, iChiang Mai nePhuket.
AmaThai amaningi anamathela ekudleni kwemifino ngesikhathi seholide, kuyilapho edla inyama unyaka wonke. Abanye bajwayela ukudla imifino kwaseThailand ngosuku lukaBuddha (inyanga egcwele) kanye/noma usuku lwabo lokuzalwa.
Phakathi nomkhosi, uThais uzijwayeza lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-jay. Igama lithathwe ku-Chinese Mahayana Buddhism futhi lisho ukugcinwa kwemithetho eyisishiyagalombili. Enye yazo ukwenqaba ukudla noma iyiphi inyama phakathi nomkhosi. Ezilolonga i-jay, i-Thai ibuye ilandele imikhuba emihle yokuziphatha ezenzweni zayo, amazwi nemicabango. Phakathi nomgubho, amaThais akhonjiswa ukuthi agcina imizimba yawo nezitsha zasekhishini kuhlanzekile, futhi angahlanganyeli izitsha zawo nabantu abangaligcini idili lemifino. Kunconywa ukuthi ugqoke izingubo ezimhlophe kaningi ngangokunokwenzeka, ungalimazi izilwane, futhi ukhumbule izenzo nemicabango yakho. Abazinikeleyo abazithinti ucansi notshwala ngesikhathi somkhosi.
Ngo-2016, i-Bangkok Vegetarian Festival yabanjwa kusukela ngo-Okthoba 1 kuya ku-9. I-Chinatown iyingqophamlando yemikhosi, lapho uzothola khona imigqa yezitolo zesikhashana ezithengisa yonke into kusukela kumakhekhe amnandi kuya kumasobho ama-noodle. Isikhathi esingcono kakhulu sokuvakashela lo mkhosi ekuseni kakhulu, cishe ngo-17:00 ntambama, lapho ungathola khona ukuthi udle, ujabulele i-opera yamaShayina futhi uvakashele amathempeli agcwele abantu abanomdlandla ngaleli holide. Amafulegi aphuzi nabomvu andiza esuka ezindaweni zokudlela. I-parody yenyama ingenye yezimangaliso zomkhosi. Ezinye zifana ncamashí nento yangempela, kanti amanye “amanga” anopopayi ngokubukeka. I-flavour nayo iyahlukahluka: izinti ze-satay, ezingenakuhlukaniswa nenyama yangempela, amasoseji ane-tofu-flavored (enziwe ngayo). Njengoba iphunga elinamandla elifana negalikhi no-anyanisi lingavunyelwe, ukudla emcimbini kulula kakhulu.
Enye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zoMkhosi weVegetarian waseBangkok yiSoi 20 kuCharoen Krung Road, lapho kuthengiswa izingxenye zemoto ngezikhathi ezijwayelekile. Phakathi nomkhosi, kuba isikhungo sezenzakalo. Njengoba sidlula izindawo zokudlela nezitolo zezithelo, isivakashi sizohlangana nethempeli lamaShayina, lapho amakholwa ezungezwe amakhandlela nempepho, akhonza khona. Izibani ezilenga ophahleni ziyisikhumbuzo sokuthi umcimbi ngokuyinhloko uwumcimbi wenkolo. Uma uhamba ubheke emfuleni, uzothola isiteji lapho i-opera yamaShayina enobuso obupendiwe nemvunulo enhle idlala khona ngenxa yonkulunkulu njalo ebusuku. Imibukiso iqala ngo-6 noma ngo-7 ebusuku.
Nakuba kubizwa ngokuthi imifino, ukudla kunqunyelwe njengoba kuhlanganisa ukugwema izinhlanzi, imikhiqizo yobisi, inyama kanye nezinkukhu njengethuba lokuhlanza umzimba izinsuku ezingu-9. IPhuket ivame ukubhekwa njengesikhungo somkhosi wemifino waseThailand, njengoba abantu abangaphezu kuka-30% bendawo bangabokhokho baseShayina. Imikhuba yokugubha ihlanganisa ukubhoboza izihlathi, ulimi nezinye izingxenye zomzimba ngezinkemba ngezindlela ezinekhono kakhulu, okungesona isithombe sababuthakathaka. Kuyaqapheleka ukuthi imikhosi e-Bangkok ibanjwa ngendlela evinjelwe kakhudlwana.