A boy places a krathong into a pond at a public park during the Loy Krathong festival which is held as a symbolic apology to the goddess of the river in Bangkok, Thailand.
A man swims in Chao Phraya River as he helps to place a Krathong, or a "floating basket", in the water amid a yearly festival during which rafts of neatly folded banana leaves, decorated with flowers, candles and incense, are offered to thank the water goddess for good luck and for using her water to grow crops and support all life, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Women pray before casting krathongs into a pond at a public park during the Loy Krathong festival which is held as a symbolic apology to the goddess of the river in Bangkok, Thailand.
People pray before casting krathongs into a pond at a public park during the Loy Krathong festival which is held as a symbolic apology to the goddess of the river in Bangkok, Thailand.
A boy swims in a fountain at Saphan Hin park as he helps to place a Krathong, or a "floating basket", in the water amid a yearly festival during which rafts of neatly folded banana leaves, decorated with flowers, candles and incense, are offered to thank the water goddess for good luck and for using her water to grow crops and support all life, in Phuket, Thailand.