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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Tourists in the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A vendor paddles her canoe of produce through the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man prays at Heng Chia Shrine on Chareon Krung Road during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bangkok. The festival was originally a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat and is still celebrated as a harvest festival in agricultural communities. In Bangkok, people make food offerings in honor of the moon. And it is an opportunity to share mooncakes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A vendor makes marigold garlands for use in Buddhist rituals in the flower section of Pak Khlong Talat in Bangkok. Pak Khlong Talat (literally "the market at the mouth of the canal") is the best known flower market in Thailand. It is the largest flower market in Bangkok. Most of the shop owners in the market sell wholesale to florist shops in Bangkok or to vendors who sell flower garlands, lotus buds and other floral supplies at the entrances to temples throughout Bangkok. There is also a fruit and produce market which specializes in fresh vegetables and fruit on the site. It is one of Bangkok's busiest markets and has become a popular tourist attraction.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People make merit by donating money at Wat Pho in Bangkok. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JULY 2016 - TENGANAN DUAH TUKAD, BALI, INDONESIA: Male dancers wait to perform after the pandanus fights in the Tenganan Duah Tukad village on Bali. The ritual Pandanus fights are dedicated to Hindu Lord Indra. Men engage in ritual combat with spiky pandanus leaves and rattan shields. They usually end up leaving bloody scratches on the combatants' backs. The young girls from the community wear their best outfits to watch the fights. The fights have been traced to traditional Balinese beliefs from the 14th century CE. The fights are annual events in the Balinese year, which is 210 days long, or about every seven months in the Gregorian calendar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JULY 2016  - KUSAMBA, BALI, INDONESIA: A man collects sea water to use to make salt in Kusamba. Salt makers in Kusamba, on the Bali coast, make salt by sprinkling sea water on a bed of sand and scraping up the salt when the water evaporates. It's a very slow, labor intensive way of making salt.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: Bananas and dragonfruit for sale on the side of the road in Ubud, Bali.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA: A man with banana trees on a motorcycle on Jalan Wenara Wana, also known as Monkey Forest Road, in Ubud, Bali.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:  Men carry the effigies that represent the people being cremated into the cremation ground during the mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people were cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud concluded Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:       A Hindu priest blesses the offerings left for effigies of the deceased during a ceremony at the community wide mass cremation in Ubud. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Thursday was spent preparing for Saturday's ceremony that concludes the cremation. Almost 100 people will be cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud will conclude Saturday, with a large community ceremony.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2016 - UBUD, BALI, INDONESIA:   A Balinese man watches the prayer ceremony after the mass cremation in Ubud Wednesday. Local people in Ubud exhumed the remains of family members and burned their remains in a mass cremation ceremony Wednesday. Almost 100 people will be cremated and laid to rest in the largest mass cremation in Bali in years this week. Most of the people on Bali are Hindus. Traditional cremations in Bali are very expensive, so communities usually hold one mass cremation approximately every five years. The cremation in Ubud will conclude Saturday, with a large community ceremony.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 FEBRUARY 2016 - BAN LAEM, PHETCHABURI, THAILAND: Salt stacked in piles in a salt field at the beginning of the harvest in Phetchaburi province, Thailand. The salt harvest in Thailand usually starts in February and continues through May. Salt is harvested in many of the provinces along the coast, but the salt fields in Phetchaburi province are considered the most productive. The salt fields are flooded with sea water, which evaporates off leaving salt behind. Salt production relies on dry weather and producers are hoping the current drought will mean a longer harvest season for them.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 FEBRUARY 2016 - BAN LAEM, PHETCHABURI, THAILAND: A woman repairs the baskets used by salt field workers in Phetchaburi province, Thailand. The salt harvest in Thailand usually starts in February and continues through May. Salt is harvested in many of the provinces along the coast, but the salt fields in Phetchaburi province are considered the most productive. The salt fields are flooded with sea water, which evaporates off leaving salt behind. Salt production relies on dry weather and producers are hoping the current drought will mean a longer harvest season for them.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 FEBRUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Selling Chinese New Year toys on Yaowart Road in Bangkok's Chinatown.  Chinese New Year, also called Lunar New Year or Tet (in Vietnamese communities) starts Monday February 8. The coming year will be the "Year of the Monkey." Thailand has the largest overseas Chinese population in the world; about 14 percent of Thais are of Chinese ancestry and some Chinese holidays, especially Chinese New Year, are widely celebrated in Thailand.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 NOVEMBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: National League for Democracy supporters cheer as another vote for the NLD was announced during the vote count Sunday. The vote count was shown live on television. The citizens of Myanmar went to the polls Sunday to vote in the most democratic elections since 1990. The National League for Democracy, (NLD) the party of Aung San Suu Kyi is widely expected to get the most votes in the election, but it is not certain if they will get enough votes to secure an outright victory. The polls opened at 6AM. In Yangon, some voters started lining up at 4AM and lines were reported to long in many polling stations in Myanmar's largest city.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 OCTOBER 2015 - THANLYNN, MYANMAR:  A monk in meditation during observances of Thadingyut at Kyaik Khauk Pagoda. The Thadingyut Festival, the Lighting Festival of Myanmar, is held on the full moon day of the Burmese Lunar month of Thadingyut. As a custom, it is held at the end of the Buddhist lent (Vassa). The Thadingyut festival is the celebration to welcome the Buddha’s descent from heaven.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People pray and make merit at Botataung Paya (Pagoda). Botataung Paya is located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, near the Yangon river. The pagoda was first built by the Mon around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda—according to local belief, over 2500 years ago. The paya is hollow within, and houses what is believed to be a sacred hair of Gautama Buddha.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The face of the Brahma statue in Erawan Shrine was damaged in the terrorist attack at the shrine on August 17. Erawan Shrine in Bangkok reopened Wednesday, August 19, after more than 20 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a bombing at the shrine Monday, August 17, 2015. The shrine is a popular tourist attraction in the center of Bangkok's high end shopping district and is an important religious site for Thais. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 APRIL 2015 - CHIANG MAI, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: Tai Yai women lead a parade of Buddhist novices during the second day of the three day long Poi Song Long Festival in Chiang Mai. The Poi Sang Long Festival (also called Poy Sang Long) is an ordination ceremony for Tai (also and commonly called Shan, though they prefer Tai) boys in the Shan State of Myanmar (Burma) and in Shan communities in western Thailand. Most Tai boys go into the monastery as novice monks at some point between the ages of seven and fourteen. This year seven boys were ordained at the Poi Sang Long ceremony at Wat Pa Pao in Chiang Mai. Poy Song Long is Tai (Shan) for "Festival of the Jewel (or Crystal) Sons.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2015 - CHIANG MAI, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND:  A boy being ordained as a Buddhist novice dances during the Poi Sang Long Festival at Wat Pa Pao in Chiang Mai. The boys ride on men's shoulders during the festival because their feet aren't allowed to touch the ground. The Poi Sang Long Festival (also called Poy Sang Long) is an ordination ceremony for Tai (also and commonly called Shan, though they prefer Tai) boys in the Shan State of Myanmar (Burma) and in Shan communities in western Thailand. Most Tai boys go into the monastery as novice monks at some point between the ages of seven and fourteen. This year seven boys were ordained at the Poi Sang Long ceremony at Wat Pa Pao in Chiang Mai. Poy Song Long is Tai (Shan) for "Festival of the Jewel (or Crystal) Sons.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 JANUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Performers with the Sai Yong Hong Opera Troupe on stage during a  performance 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 puts on her make up before performing 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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  • 30 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A butchers scorches the hair off of a pork leg in a market near the Thonburi train station in Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Members of the Lehigh Leng Kaitoung Opera troupe put on their costumes before a performance at the Chaomae Thapthim Shrine, a small Chinese shrine in a working class neighborhood of Bangkok. The performance was for Ghost Month. Chinese opera was once very popular in Thailand, where it is called “Ngiew.” It is usually performed in the Teochew language. Millions of Chinese emigrated to Thailand (then Siam) in the 18th and 19th centuries and brought their culture with them. Recently the popularity of ngiew has faded as people turn to performances of opera on DVD or movies. There are still as many 30 Chinese opera troupes left in Bangkok and its environs. They are especially busy during Chinese New Year and Chinese holiday when they travel from Chinese temple to Chinese temple performing on stages they put up in streets near the temple, sometimes sleeping on hammocks they sling under their stage. Most of the Chinese operas from Bangkok travel to Malaysia for Ghost Month, leaving just a few to perform in Bangkok.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A member of the Lehigh Leng Kaitoung Opera troupe applies her makeup before a performance at Chaomae Thapthim Shrine, a small Chinese shrine in a working class neighborhood of Bangkok. The performance was for Ghost Month. Chinese opera was once very popular in Thailand, where it is called “Ngiew.” It is usually performed in the Teochew language. Millions of Chinese emigrated to Thailand (then Siam) in the 18th and 19th centuries and brought their culture with them. Recently the popularity of ngiew has faded as people turn to performances of opera on DVD or movies. There are still as many 30 Chinese opera troupes left in Bangkok and its environs. They are especially busy during Chinese New Year and Chinese holiday when they travel from Chinese temple to Chinese temple performing on stages they put up in streets near the temple, sometimes sleeping on hammocks they sling under their stage. Most of the Chinese operas from Bangkok travel to Malaysia for Ghost Month, leaving just a few to perform in Bangkok.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A member of the Lehigh Leng Kaitoung Opera troupe applies his makeup before a performance at Chaomae Thapthim Shrine, a small Chinese shrine in a working class neighborhood of Bangkok. The performance was for Ghost Month. Chinese opera was once very popular in Thailand, where it is called “Ngiew.” It is usually performed in the Teochew language. Millions of Chinese emigrated to Thailand (then Siam) in the 18th and 19th centuries and brought their culture with them. Recently the popularity of ngiew has faded as people turn to performances of opera on DVD or movies. There are still as many 30 Chinese opera troupes left in Bangkok and its environs. They are especially busy during Chinese New Year and Chinese holiday when they travel from Chinese temple to Chinese temple performing on stages they put up in streets near the temple, sometimes sleeping on hammocks they sling under their stage. Most of the Chinese operas from Bangkok travel to Malaysia for Ghost Month, leaving just a few to perform in Bangkok.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 JULY 2014 - HAT YAI, SONGKHLA, THAILAND: Apartments and office buildings in Hat Yai, Thailand. Hat Yai is experiencing rapid economic growth and development. Hat Yai is the 4th largest city in Thailand and the largest outside of the Bangkok metropolitan area. It's less the 50 miles from the Malaysian border and is a popular vacation spot for Malaysian and Singaporean tourists.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2014 - HAT YAI, SONGKHLA, THAILAND:   A woman sells durian from the back of a pickup truck in Hat Yai. Hat Yai is the 4th largest city in Thailand and the largest outside of the Bangkok metropolitan area. It's less the 50 miles from the Malaysian border and is a popular vacation spot for Malaysian and Singaporean tourists.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 MARCH 2014 - MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: A Burmese Buddhist monk walks through the market in Mae Sot, Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 FEBRUARY 2014 - HAT YAI, SONGKHLA, THAILAND:  People pray during Lunar New Year in the Tong Sia Siang Tueng temple in Hat Yai. Hat Yai was originally settled by Chinese immigrants and still has a large ethnic Chinese population. Chinese holidays, especially Lunar New Year (Tet) and the Vegetarian Festival are important citywide holidays.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 FEBRUARY 2014 - PHAWONG, SONGKHLA, THAILAND:  Bullfighting action in a ring in a rural part of Songkhla province, Thailand. Bullfighting is a popular past time in southern Thailand. Hat Yai is the center of Thailand's bullfighting culture. In Thai bullfights, two bulls are placed in an arena and they fight, usually by head butting each other, until one runs away or time is called. Huge amounts of mony are wagered on Thai bullfights - sometimes as much as 2,000,000 Thai Baht ($65,000 US).   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JANUARY 2014 - BANG LUANG, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A performer with the Sing Tong Teochew opera troupe gets into character before a show in a Chinese shrine in the town of Bang Luang, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The Sing Tong Teochew opera troupe has been together for 60 years and travels through central Thailand and Bangkok performing for mostly ethnic Chinese audiences. Chinese opera was once very popular in Thailand, where it is called “Ngiew.” It is usually performed in the Teochew language. Millions of Chinese emigrated to Thailand (then Siam) in the 18th and 19th centuries and brought their cultural practices with them. Recently the popularity of ngiew has faded as people turn to performances of opera on DVD or movies. There are still as many 30 Chinese opera troupes left in Bangkok and its environs. They are especially busy during Chinese New Year when travel from Chinese temple to Chinese temple performing on stages they put up in streets near the temple, sometimes sleeping on hammocks they sling under their stage.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JANUARY 2014 - BANG LUANG, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A performer with the Sing Tong Teochew opera troupe gets into character before a show in a Chinese shrine in the town of Bang Luang, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The Sing Tong Teochew opera troupe has been together for 60 years and travels through central Thailand and Bangkok performing for mostly ethnic Chinese audiences. Chinese opera was once very popular in Thailand, where it is called “Ngiew.” It is usually performed in the Teochew language. Millions of Chinese emigrated to Thailand (then Siam) in the 18th and 19th centuries and brought their cultural practices with them. Recently the popularity of ngiew has faded as people turn to performances of opera on DVD or movies. There are still as many 30 Chinese opera troupes left in Bangkok and its environs. They are especially busy during Chinese New Year when travel from Chinese temple to Chinese temple performing on stages they put up in streets near the temple, sometimes sleeping on hammocks they sling under their stage.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A member of the audience takes a "selfie" with his iPhone with a performer during a mor lam show in Khlong Tan Market in Bangkok. Mor Lam is a traditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan (northeast Thailand). It is sometimes compared to American country music, song usually revolve around unrequited love, mor lam and the complexities of rural life. Mor Lam shows are an important part of festivals and fairs in rural Thailand. Mor lam has become very popular in Isan migrant communities in Bangkok. Once performed by bands and singers, live performances are now spectacles, involving several singers, a dance troupe and comedians. The dancers (or hang khreuang) in particular often wear fancy costumes, and singers go through several costume changes in the course of a performance. Prathom Bunteung Silp is one of the best known Mor Lam troupes in Thailand with more than 250 performers and a total crew of almost 300 people. The troupe has been performing for more 55 years. It forms every August and performs through June then breaks for the rainy season.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man watches a mor lam show from his apartment window in Khlong Tan Market in Bangkok. Mor Lam is a traditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan (northeast Thailand). It is sometimes compared to American country music, song usually revolve around unrequited love, mor lam and the complexities of rural life. Mor Lam shows are an important part of festivals and fairs in rural Thailand. Mor lam has become very popular in Isan migrant communities in Bangkok. Once performed by bands and singers, live performances are now spectacles, involving several singers, a dance troupe and comedians. The dancers (or hang khreuang) in particular often wear fancy costumes, and singers go through several costume changes in the course of a performance. Prathom Bunteung Silp is one of the best known Mor Lam troupes in Thailand with more than 250 performers and a total crew of almost 300 people. The troupe has been performing for more 55 years. It forms every August and performs through June then breaks for the rainy season.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A performer in a mor lam show puts on makeup before going on stage at a mor lam show in Khlong Tan Market in Bangkok. Mor Lam is a traditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan (northeast Thailand). It is sometimes compared to American country music, song usually revolve around unrequited love, mor lam and the complexities of rural life. Mor Lam shows are an important part of festivals and fairs in rural Thailand. Mor lam has become very popular in Isan migrant communities in Bangkok. Once performed by bands and singers, live performances are now spectacles, involving several singers, a dance troupe and comedians. The dancers (or hang khreuang) in particular often wear fancy costumes, and singers go through several costume changes in the course of a performance. Prathom Bunteung Silp is one of the best known Mor Lam troupes in Thailand with more than 250 performers and a total crew of almost 300 people. The troupe has been performing for more 55 years. It forms every August and performs through June then breaks for the rainy season.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A person lights incense at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. It is the largest Mahayana (Chinese style) Buddhist temple in Chinatown.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People go in and out of Peiing Shrine in the Chinatown neighborhood of Bangkok.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Spectators watch a cockfight in an informal cockfighting venue in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A detail photo of a fighting cock having its eye worked on after a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A detail photo of a fighting cock having its eye worked on after a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The owner of a fighting cock holds a razor in his mouth while he patches up his bird between rounds at a cockfight in Bangkok. Cockfighting dates back over 3,000 years and is still popular in many countries throughout the world today, including Thailand. Cockfighting is legal in Thailand. Unlike some countries, Thai cockfighting does not use artificial spurs to increase injury and does not employ the ‘fight to the death rule’. Thai birds live to fight another day and are retired after two years of competing. Cockfighting is enjoyed by over 200,000 people in Thailand each weekend at over 75 licensed venues. Fighting cocks live for about 10 years and only fight for 2nd and 3rd years of their lives. Most have only four fights per year. Most times the winner is based on which rooster stops fighting or tires first rather than which is the most severely injured. Although gambling is illegal in Thailand, many times fight promoters are able to get an exemption to the gambling laws and a lot of money is wagered on the fights.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JANUARY 2014 - SINGAPORE:   A woman prays after afternoon pooja in Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, a Hindu temple located in Little India in the southern part of Singapore. The Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, fierce embodiment of Shakti and the god Shiva's wife, Parvati. Kali has always been popular in Bengal, the birthplace of the labourers who built this temple in 1881. Images of Kali within the temple show her wearing a garland of skulls and ripping out the insides of her victims, and Kali sharing more peaceful family moments with her sons Ganesha and Murugan. The building is constructed in the style of South Indian Tamil temples common in Tamil Nadu as opposed to the style of Northeastern Indian Kali temples in Bengal. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JANUARY 2014 - SINGAPORE:   A woman makes an offering at Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, a Hindu temple located in Little India in the southern part of Singapore. The Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, fierce embodiment of Shakti and the god Shiva's wife, Parvati. Kali has always been popular in Bengal, the birthplace of the labourers who built this temple in 1881. Images of Kali within the temple show her wearing a garland of skulls and ripping out the insides of her victims, and Kali sharing more peaceful family moments with her sons Ganesha and Murugan. The building is constructed in the style of South Indian Tamil temples common in Tamil Nadu as opposed to the style of Northeastern Indian Kali temples in Bengal. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JANUARY 2014 - SINGAPORE:  People pray and circumnavigate the Navagraham at Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, a Hindu temple located in Little India in the southern part of Singapore. The Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, fierce embodiment of Shakti and the god Shiva's wife, Parvati. Kali has always been popular in Bengal, the birthplace of the labourers who built this temple in 1881. Images of Kali within the temple show her wearing a garland of skulls and ripping out the insides of her victims, and Kali sharing more peaceful family moments with her sons Ganesha and Murugan. The building is constructed in the style of South Indian Tamil temples common in Tamil Nadu as opposed to the style of Northeastern Indian Kali temples in Bengal. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti-government protestor near Democracy Monument in the old part of Bangkok to protest the ruling Pheu Thai party. Protest leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban announced an all-out drive to eradicate the "Thaksin regime." The anti-government protesters have vowed to continue their protests even though the government has been dissolved and new elections called for in February. The protests have been ongoing in Bangkok since November and are growing increasingly violent.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 DECEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A person prays for the Patriarch at Wat Bowon Niwet in Bangkok. Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch, died Oct. 24 at a hospital in Bangkok. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and rose through the monastic ranks to become the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as monk in 1956. There is a 100 day mourning period for the Patriarch. Although the Patriarch was a Theravada Buddhist, he was the Supreme Patriarch of all Buddhists in Thailand, including the Mahayana sect, which is based on Chinese Buddhism.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Street signs over Yaowarat Road, in the heart of Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand. Chinatown is the old commercial heart of Bangkok with thousands of small shops selling everything from clothes to dried fish to case lots of shoes and gem stones.   Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • 07 MARCH 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Garudas, angels from the story of the Ramakien, the Thai version of the Hindu epic Ramayana, at Wat Phra Kaew, the temple containing the Emerald Buddha on the grounds of the Royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Although called the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the Buddha figure in the temple is actually carved from jade.   Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • 07 MARCH 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND: Garudas, angels from the story of the Ramakien, the Thai version of the Hindu epic Ramayana, at Wat Phra Kaew, the temple containing the Emerald Buddha on the grounds of the Royal Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Although called the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the Buddha figure in the temple is actually carved from jade.   Photo By Jack Kurtz
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2017 - COLOMBO, SRI LANKA: A man runs to catch a departing train at the Fort Station in Colombo. The Fort Station is Colombo's main train station and serves as the hub of Sri Lanka's train system. The station opened in 1917 and is modeled after Manchester Victoria Station.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JUNE 2017 - BANG KRUAI, NONTHABURI: An ordination ceremony being ordained as monk at Wat Ta Khian in Nonthaburi.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 MARCH 2017 - SANKHU, NEPAL: A man shaves in the open window of his home in Sankhu. His is one of the few homes in the town not damaged in the 2015 earthquake. There is more construction and rebuilding going on in Sankhu, west of central Kathmandu, than in many other parts of the Kathmandu Valley nearly two years after the earthquake of 25 April 2015 that devastated Nepal. In some villages in the Kathmandu valley workers are working by hand to remove ruble and dig out destroyed buildings. About 9,000 people were killed and another 22,000 injured by the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the Gorka district.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People wait for noodle soup during a break at a prayer service in Phra Khanong Market in Bangkok. The market serves a mix of foreign residents, local people, and Burmese migrants.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks lead a prayer service for people in Phra Khanong Market in Bangkok. The market serves a mix of foreign residents, local people, and Burmese migrants.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks lead a prayer service for people in Phra Khanong Market in Bangkok. The market serves a mix of foreign residents, local people, and Burmese migrants.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A shopper driving a small motorbike in Phra Khanong Market in Bangkok. The market serves a mix of foreign residents, local people, and Burmese migrants.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk blesses people at a prayer service in Phra Khanong Market in Bangkok. The market serves a mix of foreign residents, local people, and Burmese migrants.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks leave a prayer service in Phra Khanong Market in Bangkok. The market serves a mix of foreign residents, local people, and Burmese migrants.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 NOVEMBER 2016 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA:  A vendor reads a newspaper while she waits for customers in the Campbell Street Market in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. George Town is a UNESCO World Heritage city and wrestles with maintaining its traditional lifestyle and mass tourism. The market is not very busy anymore.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 NOVEMBER 2016 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Boys play in an alley in the Little India section of George Town, Penang, Malaysia. George Town is a UNESCO World Heritage city and wrestles with maintaining its traditional lifestyle and mass tourism.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An odd-eyed cat, with a yellow eye and a blue eye. An odd eyed cat is a cat with one blue eye and one eye either green, yellow, or brown. This is a feline form of complete heterochromia, a condition that occurs in some other animals. The condition most commonly affects white-colored cats, but may be found in a cat of any color, provided that it possesses the white spotting gene. The odd-eyed coloring is caused when either the epistatic (dominant) white gene (which masks any other color genes and turns a cat completely white) or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolor and tuxedo cats) prevents melanin (pigment) granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in a cat with one blue eye and one green, yellow, or brown eye. The condition only rarely occurs in cats that lack both the dominant white and the white spotting gene.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Tourists in the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Tourists in the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A vendor sells mango and sticky rice, a popular Thai snack, at the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A tourist boat goes through the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A tourist boat goes through the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman and her daughter in their canoe near the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man and his friend in a canoe on the khlong (canal) near the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A tourist boat goes through the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A vendor paddles her canoe of produce through the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A tourist boat goes past house near the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman paddles her canoe through the khlong (canal) at the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman paddles her canoe through the khlong (canal) at the floating market in Damnoen Saduak, Thailand. The market is famous because vendors cruise the canals around the market selling produce and tourist curios. It is one of the best known tourist attractions in Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women pray at Heng Chia Shrine on Chareon Krung Road during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bangkok. The festival was originally a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat and is still celebrated as a harvest festival in agricultural communities. In Bangkok, people make food offerings in honor of the moon. And it is an opportunity to share mooncakes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women pray at Heng Chia Shrine on Chareon Krung Road during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bangkok. The festival was originally a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat and is still celebrated as a harvest festival in agricultural communities. In Bangkok, people make food offerings in honor of the moon. And it is an opportunity to share mooncakes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women pray at Heng Chia Shrine on Chareon Krung Road during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bangkok. The festival was originally a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat and is still celebrated as a harvest festival in agricultural communities. In Bangkok, people make food offerings in honor of the moon. And it is an opportunity to share mooncakes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women pray at Heng Chia Shrine on Chareon Krung Road during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bangkok. The festival was originally a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat and is still celebrated as a harvest festival in agricultural communities. In Bangkok, people make food offerings in honor of the moon. And it is an opportunity to share mooncakes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray in the entrance to  Heng Chia Shrine on Chareon Krung Road during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bangkok. The festival was originally a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat and is still celebrated as a harvest festival in agricultural communities. In Bangkok, people make food offerings in honor of the moon. And it is an opportunity to share mooncakes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Men pray at Heng Chia Shrine on Chareon Krung Road during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bangkok. The festival was originally a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat and is still celebrated as a harvest festival in agricultural communities. In Bangkok, people make food offerings in honor of the moon. And it is an opportunity to share mooncakes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women pray at Heng Chia Shrine on Chareon Krung Road during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bangkok. The festival was originally a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat and is still celebrated as a harvest festival in agricultural communities. In Bangkok, people make food offerings in honor of the moon. And it is an opportunity to share mooncakes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man prays at Heng Chia Shrine on Chareon Krung Road during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bangkok. The festival was originally a time to enjoy the successful reaping of rice and wheat and is still celebrated as a harvest festival in agricultural communities. In Bangkok, people make food offerings in honor of the moon. And it is an opportunity to share mooncakes.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A gate to one of the interior courtyards at Wat Pho in Bangkok. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A man walks through the gate to one of the interior courtyards at Wat Pho in Bangkok. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Tourists walk past the famous reclining Buddha statue at Wat Pho. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Flower sellers relax in Pak Khlong Talat in Bangkok. Pak Khlong Talat (literally "the market at the mouth of the canal") is the best known flower market in Thailand. It is the largest flower market in Bangkok. Most of the shop owners in the market sell wholesale to florist shops in Bangkok or to vendors who sell flower garlands, lotus buds and other floral supplies at the entrances to temples throughout Bangkok. There is also a fruit and produce market which specializes in fresh vegetables and fruit on the site. It is one of Bangkok's busiest markets and has become a popular tourist attraction.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Catholic nuns shop for vegetables for their convent in Pak Khlong Talat in Bangkok. Pak Khlong Talat (literally "the market at the mouth of the canal") is the best known flower market in Thailand. It is the largest flower market in Bangkok. Most of the shop owners in the market sell wholesale to florist shops in Bangkok or to vendors who sell flower garlands, lotus buds and other floral supplies at the entrances to temples throughout Bangkok. There is also a fruit and produce market which specializes in fresh vegetables and fruit on the site. It is one of Bangkok's busiest markets and has become a popular tourist attraction.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker unloads a truck of cabbage in the produce section of Pak Khlong Talat in Bangkok. Pak Khlong Talat (literally "the market at the mouth of the canal") is the best known flower market in Thailand. It is the largest flower market in Bangkok. Most of the shop owners in the market sell wholesale to florist shops in Bangkok or to vendors who sell flower garlands, lotus buds and other floral supplies at the entrances to temples throughout Bangkok. There is also a fruit and produce market which specializes in fresh vegetables and fruit on the site. It is one of Bangkok's busiest markets and has become a popular tourist attraction.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    The instructor leads an aerobics class in Pak Khlong Talat, better known as the Bangkok Flower Market. Public exercise classes are common throughout Thailand. Most of the participants in the exercise class in the Bangkok flower market are older adults, although the class is open to everyone.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A man works out in an aerobics class in Pak Khlong Talat, better known as the Bangkok Flower Market. Public exercise classes are common throughout Thailand. Most of the participants in the exercise class in the Bangkok flower market are older adults, although the class is open to everyone.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman works out in an aerobics class in Pak Khlong Talat, better known as the Bangkok Flower Market. Public exercise classes are common throughout Thailand. Most of the participants in the exercise class in the Bangkok flower market are older adults, although the class is open to everyone.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman works out in an aerobics class in Pak Khlong Talat, better known as the Bangkok Flower Market. Public exercise classes are common throughout Thailand. Most of the participants in the exercise class in the Bangkok flower market are older adults, although the class is open to everyone.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A gate to one of the interior courtyards at Wat Pho in Bangkok. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Statues of the Buddha line the porticos that surround Wat Pho in Bangkok. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Statues of the Buddha line the porticos that surround Wat Pho in Bangkok. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: School girls wait to perform in a Mothers' Day event on the grounds of Wat Pho in Bangkok. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: School girls wait to perform in a Mothers' Day event on the grounds of Wat Pho in Bangkok. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The famous reclining Buddha statue at Wat Pho. Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), is formally known as Wat Phra Chetuphon. It's one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and best known for the giant reclining Buddha that measures 46 metres long and is covered in gold leaf. There is also a large ordination hall and the best known massage school in Thailand on the temple grounds.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 AUGUST 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks lead a prayer with flower sellers in a florist's shop in Pak Khlong Talat in Bangkok. Pak Khlong Talat (literally "the market at the mouth of the canal") is the best known flower market in Thailand. It is the largest flower market in Bangkok. Most of the shop owners in the market sell wholesale to florist shops in Bangkok or to vendors who sell flower garlands, lotus buds and other floral supplies at the entrances to temples throughout Bangkok. There is also a fruit and produce market which specializes in fresh vegetables and fruit on the site. It is one of Bangkok's busiest markets and has become a popular tourist attraction.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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