A Buddhist monk collects waste in a river after the Loy Krathong festival. REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar
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Thai children crafted virtual rafts and sent them floating down digital rivers, in an environmentally friendly version of an ancient festival.
Over the centuries, people have sent ‘krathongs’ – small, baskets made from plants and loaded with flowers, candles and bamboo – down waterways to make wishes and pay their respects to water spirits.
The beautiful ‘floating basket’ or Loy Krathong festival lights up Bangkok’s canals and rivers at night – but often leaves organizers scrabbling to clear canals clogged up with hundreds of thousands of soggy vessels the next morning.
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