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Bangkok, Apr 13 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand was celebrating its Buddhist New Year on Tuesday amid the strongest outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has limited festivities while authorities set up field hospitals to house those infected.The country, which until now had kept the spread of the virus under control, registered 965 new cases Tuesday, one of the highest figures since the pandemic began.Songkran festivities, as the occasion that runs until Apr. 15 is known in Thailand, has been restricted to religious rites and authorities have asked citizens to avoid the traditional water splashing battles, as happened last year. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK / DIEGO AZUBEL).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE POUR TRADITIONAL SCENTED WATER OVER A BUDDHA STATUE TO MARK THE SONGKRAN (THAI NEW YEAR) CELEBRATIONS AT WAT PHO TEMPLE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND WHILE SHOPS ALONG KHAOSAN ROAD ARE CLOSED AS EVENTS ARE CANCELLED IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Chonburi, Oct 1 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand celebrated its annual Chonburi Buffalo Racing Festival on Thursday with around 300 buffaloes thundering down the track to roaring cheers from the crowd.Divided into categories according to size, the buffaloes raced throughout the day, with some jockeys taking a spill.The festival is held every October by farmers to celebrate the rice harvest and mark the end of the Buddhist Lent, according to an epa-efe reporter.It dates back more than 140 years and is thought to be the only one of its kind in the world.The colorful festival also includes a decorated buffalo beauty contest, horse parade, wagon parade and music and food.The seaside city of the province of the same name is located about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of Bangkok. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL). SHOT LIST: THE ANNUAL WATER BUFFALO RACES IN CHONBURI PROVINCE, THAILAND.
Bangkok, Dec 5 (EFE-EPA), (Camera: Narong Sagnak).- More than 20 giant balloons from the show The Quest of Adventure in the World of Magical Tales floated above Bangkok, Thailand. FOOTAGE OF THE BALLOON FESTIVAL ON THURSDAY IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Hundreds of people flocked to Chonburi, near Bangkok to watch and take part in the annual Chonburi Buffalo Race. The festival highlight is the buffalo race on the final two days, which sees racers compete in a 100-metre sprint. Among the festival's other events are 'the most beautiful buffalo wear' contest, as well as parades.
It was all monkey business in Thailand's Lopburi on Sunday as working macaque monkeys took a load off to relax at the Monkey Banquet Festival at the city’s Phra Prang Sam Yot shrine. Monkeys went bananas at the annual festival, which is organised by locals to reward the long-tail macaque monkeys who bring tourism to the area. The event was attended by hundreds of people, some in disbelief at just how cheeky the monkeys could be. Of course, there was plenty of monkeying around. The festival went ahead despite the fact that the country is in mourning for the King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died aged 88 at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital on Thursday, October 13.
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