27 SEPTEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Temple attendants make wicks for prayer candles during the celebration of the Vegetarian Festival at the Chow Su Kong Shrine in Talat Noi, a Chinese enclave in Bangkok. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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