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26 FEBRUARY 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Performers put on their makeup before a Chinese Opera at the Phek Leng Shrine in the Khlong Toey section of Bangkok. The shrine traditionally hosts a Chinese Opera just after the end of Lunar New Year festivities. Thailand is home to the largest population of overseas Chinese in the world, and Chinese cultural practices, like Chinese opera, called "ngiew" in Thailand, are popular. Many of the performers are ethnic Thais who don't speak Chinese. They learn their lines phonetically. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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26 FEBRUARY 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Performers put on their makeup before a Chinese Opera at the Phek Leng Shrine in the Khlong Toey section of Bangkok. The shrine traditionally hosts a Chinese Opera just after the end of Lunar New Year festivities. Thailand is home to the largest population of overseas Chinese in the world, and Chinese cultural practices, like Chinese opera, called "ngiew" in Thailand, are popular. Many of the performers are ethnic Thais who don't speak Chinese. They learn their lines phonetically. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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