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05 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM: Women pray in the Bach Ma (White Horse) temple in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The Bach Ma temple honors a white horse which was thought to be an incarnation of a local river god. In the spring of the year 1010, the founder of the Ly dynasty, Ly Thai To transfered the capital of Vietnam to today's Hanoi. Ly established Bach Ma temple in 1010 to honor the White Horse who, according to local mythology helped him fortify the city. The temple has been damaged by flooding and other natural disasters over the course of the past thousand years. The present buildings date from the 18th and 19th centuries. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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05 APRIL 2012 - HANOI, VIETNAM: Women pray in the Bach Ma (White Horse) temple in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The Bach Ma temple honors a white horse which was thought to be an incarnation of a local river god. In the spring of the year 1010, the founder of the Ly dynasty, Ly Thai To transfered the capital of Vietnam to today's Hanoi. Ly established Bach Ma temple in 1010 to honor the White Horse who, according to local mythology helped him fortify the city. The temple has been damaged by flooding and other natural disasters over the course of the past thousand years. The present buildings date from the 18th and 19th centuries. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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