Girls compete in a beauty contest to see who will be Miss Rocket at the Rocket Festival in Yasothon Thailand
Girls compete in a beauty contest to see who will be Miss Rocket at the Rocket Festival in Yasothon Thailand Friday May 12 2006 The Festival is called Boon Bung Fai in Thai and marks the start of the rice growing season Rockets are built and fired into the sky to please the god of rain Phaya Tan It is believed if Phaya Tan is pleased he will deliver rains sufficient for a bountiful harvest
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Location: Yasothon, Thailand
Photo credit: © Roger Arnold / Alamy / Afripics
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