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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks stand on Rajadamri Road after a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks stand on Rajadamri Road after a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays after donating alms to a Buddhist monk during a mass giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man makes merit by donating alms to a Buddhist monk during a mass giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman makes merit by donating alms to a Buddhist monk during a mass giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman makes merit by donating alms to a Buddhist monk during a mass giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People make merit by donating alms to a Buddhist monk during a mass giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray as Buddhist monks walk past them during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People make merit by donating alms to a Buddhist monk during a mass giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People make merit by donating alms to a Buddhist monk during a mass giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks pray next to a statue of the Buddha before a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks pray next to a statue of the Buddha before a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray before making merit and giving alms to Buddhist monks in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays before donating money at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Police officers pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People donate money on a replica of Bodhi Tree before a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. Pinning money to replicas of the Bodhi tree is common in Thai culture. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People donate money on a replica of Bodhi Tree before a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. Pinning money to replicas of the Bodhi tree is common in Thai culture. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A monk walks over a bridge into the site of a mass alms giving service in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A monk cradles his alms bowl during an alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Tourists give alms to Buddhist monks during the morning tak bat in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through the crowd at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall. The alms giving was to assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand, where Buddhist monks on their alms rounds have been targeted by Muslim extremists. The ceremony was sponsored by Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. The temple has become active in Thai politics.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People donate food and juice to Buddhist monks at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall. The alms giving was to assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand, where Buddhist monks on their alms rounds have been targeted by Muslim extremists. The ceremony was sponsored by Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. The temple has become active in Thai politics.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through the crowd at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall. The alms giving was to assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand, where Buddhist monks on their alms rounds have been targeted by Muslim extremists. The ceremony was sponsored by Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. The temple has become active in Thai politics.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through the crowd at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall. The alms giving was to assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand, where Buddhist monks on their alms rounds have been targeted by Muslim extremists. The ceremony was sponsored by Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. The temple has become active in Thai politics.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through the crowd at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall. The alms giving was to assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand, where Buddhist monks on their alms rounds have been targeted by Muslim extremists. The ceremony was sponsored by Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. The temple has become active in Thai politics.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women pray at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall. The alms giving was to assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand, where Buddhist monks on their alms rounds have been targeted by Muslim extremists. The ceremony was sponsored by Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. The temple has become active in Thai politics.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray as Buddhist monks walk past them during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman makes merit by donating alms to a Buddhist monk during a mass giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a sea of people during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray in a bus shelter during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People and Buddhist monks pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Police officers pray during a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women wait to present flower garlands to Buddhist monks at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays before donating money at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People donate money on a replica of Bodhi Tree before a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. Pinning money to replicas of the Bodhi tree is common in Thai culture. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in a mass alms giving ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall in Bangkok. The alms giving was to benefit disaster victims in Thailand and assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:   Buddhist monks walk down a street in Luang Prabang during the morning tak bat. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  A Lao man flanked by tourists waits for Buddhist monks to pass him during the morning tak bat in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:   Buddhist monks walk down the main street of Luang Prabang during the morning tak bat. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An elderly Buddhist monk with a walker receives alms from Thai Buddhists at Wat Benchamabophit. Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Dusit district of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the marble temple, it is one of Bangkok's best known temples and a major tourist attraction. It typifies Bangkok's ornate style of high gables, stepped-out roofs and elaborate finials. Monastic life at Wat Bencha differs from most other temples in that lay people come to the temple to present food and alms to the monks rather than the monks going out and walking through the community as they do at most other Thai temples.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A monk at Wat Benchamabophit in Bangkok waits for Buddhist lay people to bring alms to the temple. Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Dusit district of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the marble temple, it is one of Bangkok's best known temples and a major tourist attraction. It typifies Bangkok's ornate style of high gables, stepped-out roofs and elaborate finials. Monastic life at Wat Bencha differs from most other temples in that lay people come to the temple to present food and alms to the monks rather than the monks going out and walking through the community as they do at most other Thai temples.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An elderly Buddhist monk with a walker receives alms from Thai Buddhists at Wat Benchamabophit. Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Dusit district of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the marble temple, it is one of Bangkok's best known temples and a major tourist attraction. It typifies Bangkok's ornate style of high gables, stepped-out roofs and elaborate finials. Monastic life at Wat Bencha differs from most other temples in that lay people come to the temple to present food and alms to the monks rather than the monks going out and walking through the community as they do at most other Thai temples.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    WatBencha0331003.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A woman drops a serving of sticky rice into a monk's alms bowl during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    LuangPrabangTakBat0311036.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A woman drops a serving of sticky rice into a monk's alms bowl during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    LuangPrabangTakBat0311023.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A woman drops a serving of sticky rice into a monk's alms bowl during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    LuangPrabangTakBat0311024.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:   Buddhist monks collect alms during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    LuangPrabangTakBat0311018.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2013 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Buddhist monks collect alms during the tak bat in Luang Prabang. The "Tak Bat" is a daily ritual in most of Laos (and other Theravada Buddhist countries like Thailand and Cambodia). Monks leave their temples at dawn and walk silently through the streets and people put rice and other foodstuffs into their alms bowls. Luang Prabang, in northern Laos, is particularly well known for the morning "tak bat" because of the large number temples and monks in the city. Most mornings hundreds of monks go out to collect alms from people.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    LuangPrabangTakBat0311007.jpg
  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A boy prays as Buddhist monks pass him at a special alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist monks walk through a crowd of people in a Bangkok park accepting alms for monks in southern Thailand who can't leave their temples because of anti-Buddhist religious violence. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MassAlmsGivingCeremony056.jpg
  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women lead a prayer for peace in southern Thailand during a special alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MassAlmsGivingCeremony047.jpg
  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks chant and pray at a special alms giving ceremony. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks chant and pray at a special alms giving ceremony. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MassAlmsGivingCeremony038.jpg
  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Members of the public pray for peace in southern Thailand during a special alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MassAlmsGivingCeremony037.jpg
  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk chants and prays at a special alms giving ceremony. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MassAlmsGivingCeremony035.jpg
  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks chant and pray at a special alms giving ceremony. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MassAlmsGivingCeremony026.jpg
  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of the public pray for peace in southern Thailand during a special alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Members of the public pray for peace in southern Thailand during a special alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MassAlmsGivingCeremony021.jpg
  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A mother and daugher pray for peace in Thailand's violence wracked southern provinces during a special alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MassAlmsGivingCeremony019.jpg
  • 20 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk with a Hanuman tattoo on his shoulder at an alms giving ceremony in Bangkok. More than 2,600 Buddhist Monks from across Bangkok and thousands of devout Thai Buddhists attended the mass alms giving ceremony in Benjasiri Park in Bangkok Saturday morning. The ceremony was to raise food and cash donations for Buddhist temples in Thailand's violence plagued southern provinces. Because of an ongoing long running insurgency by Muslim separatists many Buddhist monks in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, Thailand's three Muslim majority provinces, can't leave their temples without military escorts. Monks have been targeted by Muslim extremists because, in the view of the extremists, they represent the Thai state.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MassAlmsGivingCeremony013.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2011 - AMPHAWA, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:   A Buddhist monk from Wat Amphawan Chetiyaram in Amphawa, Thailand, about 90 minutes south of Bangkok, collects alms from people "making merit" on the main canal during his alms round. Most of the monks from the temple use boats to go from house to house on their alms rounds. The Thai countryside south of Bangkok is crisscrossed with canals, some large enough to accommodate small commercial boats and small barges, some barely large enough for a small canoe. People who live near the canals use them for everything from domestic water to transportation and fishing. Some, like the canals in Amphawa and nearby Damnoensaduak (also spelled Damnoen Saduak) are also relatively famous for their "floating markets" where vendors set up their canoes and boats as floating shops.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Lao women wait for Buddhist monks to pass him during the morning tak bat in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: A tourist photographs Buddhist monks during the tak bat while Lao children wait for more monks to pass them. The monks give the children food items they don't use, like candy, that people give to the monks. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:   Buddhist monks walk down a street in Luang Prabang during the morning tak bat. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:   Buddhist monks walk down a street in Luang Prabang during the morning tak bat. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:   Buddhist monks walk down a street in Luang Prabang during the morning tak bat. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    LuangPrabangTourism023.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Lao women wait for Buddhist monks to pass him during the morning tak bat in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    LuangPrabangTourism019.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:   Buddhist monks walk down the main street of Luang Prabang during the morning tak bat. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    LuangPrabangTourism018.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: Monks leave their temple in Luang Prabang for the tak bat while a Lao woman waits for monks to pass her. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: Monks leave their temple in Luang Prabang for the tak bat while a Lao woman waits for monks to pass her. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    LuangPrabangTourism004.jpg
  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Buddhist monks wait to start the morning tak bat in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MARCH 2016 - LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:  Buddhist monks wait to start the morning tak bat in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The move saved the city’s colonial architecture but the explosion of mass tourism has taken a toll on the city’s soul. According to one recent study, a small plot of land that sold for $8,000 three years ago now goes for $120,000. Many longtime residents are selling their homes and moving to small developments around the city. The old homes are then converted to guesthouses, restaurants and spas. The city is famous for the morning “tak bat,” or monks’ morning alms rounds. Every morning hundreds of Buddhist monks come out before dawn and walk in a silent procession through the city accepting alms from residents. Now, most of the people presenting alms to the monks are tourists, since so many Lao people have moved outside of the city center. About 50,000 people are thought to live in the Luang Prabang area, the city received more than 530,000 tourists in 2014.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A monk with a walker at Wat Benchamabophit in Bangkok waits for Buddhist lay people to bring alms to the temple. Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Dusit district of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the marble temple, it is one of Bangkok's best known temples and a major tourist attraction. It typifies Bangkok's ornate style of high gables, stepped-out roofs and elaborate finials. Monastic life at Wat Bencha differs from most other temples in that lay people come to the temple to present food and alms to the monks rather than the monks going out and walking through the community as they do at most other Thai temples.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An elderly Buddhist monk with a walker receives alms from Thai Buddhists at Wat Benchamabophit. Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Dusit district of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the marble temple, it is one of Bangkok's best known temples and a major tourist attraction. It typifies Bangkok's ornate style of high gables, stepped-out roofs and elaborate finials. Monastic life at Wat Bencha differs from most other temples in that lay people come to the temple to present food and alms to the monks rather than the monks going out and walking through the community as they do at most other Thai temples.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MARCH 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A monk at Wat Benchamabophit in Bangkok waits for Buddhist lay people to bring alms to the temple. Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Dusit district of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the marble temple, it is one of Bangkok's best known temples and a major tourist attraction. It typifies Bangkok's ornate style of high gables, stepped-out roofs and elaborate finials. Monastic life at Wat Bencha differs from most other temples in that lay people come to the temple to present food and alms to the monks rather than the monks going out and walking through the community as they do at most other Thai temples.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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