ChineseOperaNewYear

18 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A performer with the Sai Yong Hong Opera Troupe makes instant coffee in her tent beneath the stage at the Chaomae Thapthim Shrine, a Chinese shrine in a working class neighborhood of Bangkok near the Chulalongkorn University campus. The troupe's nine night performance at the shrine is an annual tradition and is the start of the Lunar New Year celebrations in the neighborhood. The performance is the shrine's way of thanking the Gods for making the year that is ending a successful one. Lunar New Year, also called Chinese New Year, is officially February 19 this year. Teochew opera is a form of Chinese opera that is popular in Thailand and Malaysia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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18 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A performer with the Sai Yong Hong Opera Troupe makes instant coffee in her tent beneath the stage at the Chaomae Thapthim Shrine, a Chinese shrine in a working class neighborhood of Bangkok near the Chulalongkorn University campus. The troupe's nine night performance at the shrine is an annual tradition and is the start of the Lunar New Year celebrations in the neighborhood. The performance is the shrine's way of thanking the Gods for making the year that is ending a successful one. Lunar New Year, also called Chinese New Year, is officially February 19 this year. Teochew opera is a form of Chinese opera that is popular in Thailand and Malaysia. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ