"02 JUNE 2017 - SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: People pray as the City Pillar Shrine is taken through the streets of Samut Sakhon during the procession honoring the shrine. The Chaopho Lak Mueang Procession (City Pillar Shrine Procession) is a religious festival that takes place in June in front of city hall in Samut Sakhon. 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 Samut Sakhon. Samut Sakhon is always known by its historic name of Mahachai.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ"
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