MahachaiCityPillarShrine

23 JUNE 2015 - MAHACHAI, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: People pray as the City Pillar Shrine is brought to a waiting fishing boat in Mahachai. The Chaopho Lak Mueang Procession (City Pillar Shrine Procession) is a religious festival that takes place in June in front of city hall in Mahachai. The "Chaopho Lak Mueang" is placed on a fishing boat and taken across the Tha Chin River from Talat Maha Chai to Tha Chalom in the area of Wat Suwannaram and then paraded through the community before returning to the temple in Mahachai. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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23 JUNE 2015 - MAHACHAI, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: People pray as the City Pillar Shrine is brought to a waiting fishing boat in Mahachai. The Chaopho Lak Mueang Procession (City Pillar Shrine Procession) is a religious festival that takes place in June in front of city hall in Mahachai. The "Chaopho Lak Mueang" is placed on a fishing boat and taken across the Tha Chin River from Talat Maha Chai to Tha Chalom in the area of Wat Suwannaram and then paraded through the community before returning to the temple in Mahachai. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ