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28 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The manager of the Chuchok shrine in Bangkok waits for people to come and pray. The Chuchok Shrine is in suburban Bangkok. More than 100 people a week come to the shrine to pray for good fortune or good health. People whose prayers are answered return to the shrine with "coyote dancers" to make merit and thank Chuchok. Coyote dancing is a Thai phenomenon created after the US movie "Coyote Ugly" where attractive young women dance in a sexually suggestive way, usually for pay. They're common at bars and festivals. Coyote dancers are typically better paid than other Thai women in the hospitality industry and usually are not allowed to date or see customers are off the dance floor. Coyote dancers perform at the Chuchok shrine because according to Buddhist literature Chuchok was a relatively repulsive old hermit and Brahmin priest who was cared for by a young woman after he made her family's wishes come true. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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28 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The manager of the Chuchok shrine in Bangkok waits for people to come and pray. The Chuchok Shrine is in suburban Bangkok. More than 100 people a week come to the shrine to pray for good fortune or good health. People whose prayers are answered return to the shrine with "coyote dancers" to make merit and thank Chuchok. Coyote dancing is a Thai phenomenon created after the US movie "Coyote Ugly" where attractive young women dance in a sexually suggestive way, usually for pay. They're common at bars and festivals. Coyote dancers are typically better paid than other Thai women in the hospitality industry and usually are not allowed to date or see customers are off the dance floor. Coyote dancers perform at the Chuchok shrine because according to Buddhist literature Chuchok was a relatively repulsive old hermit and Brahmin priest who was cared for by a young woman after he made her family's wishes come true. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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