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Buffalo Racing Festival 2008
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Monday 13th October, 2008 at 20:16:26| Words: 40 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Thai buffalo racers compete in an annual water buffalo race in Chonburi Province, 110 kilometers (68 miles) south of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. The annual race was held as a celebration among rice farmers before the rice harvest. (Richard Barrow/Paknam Web)
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Rub Bua Festival in Bang Phli
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Monday 13th October, 2008 at 20:07:08| Words: 88 words | Category: Thai Festivals
Thousands of people at Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai, Bang Phli, attended the "Lotus Throwing" festival to mark the end of the Buddhist Retreat. A Buddha image on a boat, made its way down the canal, while worshippers on both banks threw lotus flowers at it. After one hour, the mound of lotus flowers had reached the neck of the Buddha. In the picture below, Anuwat Methiwibunwut, Director General of the Land Department, says a prayer after throwing a lotus flower onto the boat. (Richard Barrow/ThaiPhotoBlogs.com)
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Queen Attends Funeral of PAD Protestor
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Monday 13th October, 2008 at 19:02:09| Words: 59 words | Category: News Photos
Thailand's Queen Sirikit attends the cremation ceremony of 28-year-old Angkana Radappanyawuthi at a temple in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok October 13, 2008. Queen Sirikit attended the funeral on Monday of Angkana Radappanyawuthi, an anti-government protester killed in clashes with police a week ago, the strongest sign yet of royal backing for the five-month-old street movement. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND)
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