Thailand: Schoolboys intent on a beetle fighting contest on the banks of the Ping River, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. Beetle-fighting and betting thereon, is a traditional pastime among the Northern Thai sections of the Shan in neighbouring Burma, and the Lao Tai of northern Laos. During the rainy season - roughly between July and October - when the rice is maturing in the paddies and farmers have free time before the cool season harvest begins, the spectacular tua kuang, or rhinoceros beetles of the region begin their mating season in the forests and jungles of the northern borderlands.

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