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Above, regally-clad revellers wave to spectators from a traditional barge on the main canal of Bang Phli in Thailand’s Samut Prakan Province during the Lotus Flower Receiving Festival on October 3, 2009. Known locally as Rap Bua, this annual celebration is characterised by a colourful fluvial parade and the public display of revered Buddha image, the Luang Po To.
Opposite page, a visitor views a work entitled Sport No.1 by Chinese artist Tao Xinglin at the 11th National Exhibition of Arts, China 2009 at the Hubei Museum of Art on October 10 in Wuhan. 488 oil paintings selected from over 920 pieces were displayed in the exhibition, as part of events held to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
More than 150 couples exchanged their wedding vows amid the lush greenery of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. “I DO” Garden Weddings 2009 was held in conjunction with the Gardens’ 150th anniversary and set on the auspicious date of 20-09-2009
Thai visitors look at a colourful portrait of Marilyn Monroe made of balloons on display at the 2009 Balloon Art World challenge event in Bangkok on October 12
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