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Beautiful krathongs ready to release in the water
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Lovely women in traditional costume served our Loy Krathong dinner.
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Releasing special Loy Krathong lanterns
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Firing up the lantern for release
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The Central Tower From Below. Phimai, Thailand.
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Phimai, Thailand: The outer wall is connected to the inner wall, or gallery, by a raised passageway, and even from this remove the central tower can be seen.
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Phimai, Thailand: The tower formerly housed the most important Buddha image under Phimai's jurisdiction.
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Phimai, Thailand: The main tower, built of white sandstone during the 11th and 12th centuries, features garuda caryatids, antefixes of hooded serpents, and a lotus-bulb filial. Bas-reliefs and lintels depict dancing Sivas, scenes from the Ramayana and the Buddha's life.
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Waxen Angel in Phimai, Thailand.
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Phimai, Thailand: Both monks and laymen construct the wax sculptures, which consist of a base of wood or plaster coated in beeswax of various hues, e.g. saffron and green. Multi-colored pins are inserted to resemble jewels. Paint is then applied to highlight faces and other features.
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Phimai, Thailand: The sculptures represent the usual figures of Buddhist mythology: erawans, celestial dancers, sitting Buddhas, chokras, and multi-tiered parasols. From a distance, the life-size human forms are startlingly life-like, while the other sculptures are as dazzling as chandeliers.
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Phimai, Thailand: After a great deal of patient work, the humanoid sculptures are endowed with a kind of life. But their builders must work with the constant awareness that this life will soon revert to a homogenous mass of wax.
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