15 FEB 2013

Photos of the week

Enjoy these interesting images from around the kingdom, captured by Post Photographers over the past seven days.

 
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Yai, a 21-year-old male water buffalo from Ubon Ratchathani, stands during a wedding ceremony organised to promote breeding of water buffaloes to preserve stock quality. Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill.
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Dek Tewada puppet troupe performs mor lam folk music puppet show. Puppets are made of Kratip (a woven bamboo sticky rice container) which are widely used in the north-eastern region. Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill.
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Participants kiss during an attempt to break the Guinness world record for the longest kiss in Pattaya. Thai couples locked lips to break the record for the world's longest continuous kiss ahead of Valentine's Day on Tuesday. Nine couples aimed to continue kissing until Thursday, to break the previous record of 50 hours 25 minutes and 1 second, held by a Thai couple. Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard.
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This wind turbine farm, rising above cassava plantations in tambon Huay Bong in Dan Khun Thot district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, began operations on Tuesday. The 207-megawatt project, owned by Wind Energy Holding and costing 13 billion baht, will sell its electricity to the national grid. Photo by Panumas Sanguanwong.
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Thai Patriots Network activist Ratree Pipattanapaiboon meets Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Government House to offer thanks for the government's help in securing her freedom from a Cambodian prison. Photo by Chanat Katanyu.
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This mass hula-hoop exercise set a new Guinness world record when 4,483 participants successfully hula hooped for seven minutes at Thammasat University's Rangsit campus. The event was held by the Public Health Ministry to encourage people to exercise. Photo by Thiti Wannamontha.
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A woman holding red roses prays before the shrine of the Trimurti statue in front of CentralWorld shopping centre on Valentine's Day. The Brahman-Hindu deity is worshipped as a god granting wishes of romance and love. Photo by Patipat Janthong.