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Pictured left is one of the dragons which is supported by more than thirty people as it dances, and bobs its way around the town.
Many different themes of Chinese culture are reflected ... mandarins and their courtly wives, acrobats and dancing girls, and Chinese deities and (see below) Guan Yin, the goddess of mercy, with her attendants sitting on white lotus flowers...
It is a time when the normally more secluded Chinese Temple, Sala Jao Phu Ya, becomes the most prominent temple in Nong Khai, with much burning of ghost money and prayers for deceased ancestors, and when the usually quiet Chinese school hosts a night time display of acrobatics and a wonderful market and Chinese Opera to raise money for the coming year.
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