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Thai Buddhists Make Merit on New Years Day

01 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray at a shrine during a special merit making ceremony at Bangkok City Hall New Year's morning. Many Thais go to Buddhist temples and shrines to "make merit" for the New Year. The traditional Thai New Year is based on the lunar calender and is celebrated in April, but the Gregorian New Year is celebrated throughout the Kingdom. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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01 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray at a shrine during a special merit making ceremony at Bangkok City Hall New Year's morning. Many Thais go to Buddhist temples and shrines to "make merit" for the New Year. The traditional Thai New Year is based on the lunar calender and is celebrated in April, but the Gregorian New Year is celebrated throughout the Kingdom. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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