Fah Thai Magazine Nov-Dec 2018
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GALLERY<br />
OPPOSITE, TOP<br />
Participants atop<br />
palanquins grace the<br />
vibrant procession,<br />
to the delight<br />
of shutterbugs.<br />
OPPOSITE, BOTTOM<br />
The krathongs are released<br />
into the water as an<br />
offering to Phra Mae<br />
Khongkha, the goddess<br />
of water.<br />
TOP LEFT<br />
Crafted from banana tree<br />
trunks and its folded<br />
leaves, the krathong gets<br />
colourfully decorated<br />
with flowers.<br />
TOP RIGHT<br />
The whisper of a prayer<br />
accompanies the release<br />
of paper lanterns into the<br />
night sky.<br />
BELOW<br />
An exquisite<br />
display of fireworks<br />
inside Sukhothai<br />
Historical Park.<br />
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS<br />
Sugato Mukherjee is a photographer<br />
and writer based in Calcutta, India.<br />
When he is not working on longterm<br />
personal projects, Sugato<br />
loves to weave visual narratives<br />
on exotic and offbeat destinations.<br />
He has contributed to The Globe<br />
and Mail, Al Jazeera, National<br />
Geographic Traveller, Jet Wings<br />
International, among others. His<br />
work on sulphur miners of East Java<br />
was awarded by UNESCO. Sugato’s<br />
coffee table book ‘An Antique Land:<br />
A Visual Memoir of Ladakh’ was<br />
published from New Delhi in 2013<br />
and received critical acclaim.<br />
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