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Incense, joss paper and food offerings in front of San Chao Guan U Shrine/Gong Wu Shrine. The offering of food serves to bring ancestors and other beings in the other world closer to oneself. It serves as a bonding tool to bring both worlds together, roseapple symbolise calmness, peace of mind, no fighting, tangerine symbolise luck, orange symbolises wealth, good fortune; China Town, Bangkok

Photographer:Valeska Gehrmann
© 2008:Valeska Gehrmann at nationsonline.org