PFH1164712: Thailand: The 'Ma Song' (entranced devotees) and their attendants pass through the streets of Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163822: Thailand: Akha mother and child picking tea, Chiang Rai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164720: Thailand: Entranced devotee or 'Ma Song' takes part in a procession through Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164528: Thailand: Thais and foreigners enjoying Chiang Mai's Sunday Walking Street Market, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164902: Thailand: Shop owners wave bamboo poles with strings of exploding firecrackers over the heads of shrine bearers, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164717: Thailand: Firecrackers explode over shrine bearers and they are quickly enveloped in thick smoke, street procession, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164863: Thailand: Lion dancer at San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164879: Thailand: Deafening firecrackers explode above the heads of shrine bearers as they race through the streets, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164878: Thailand: Deafening firecrackers explode above the heads of shrine bearers as they race through the streets, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164948: Thailand: The streets of Phuket Town exploding with firecrackers as the parade passes, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164730: Thailand: Acrobats in a procession through Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164874: Thailand: Shrine bearers race through the streets to avoid exploding firecrackers and the deafening noise, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164696: Thailand: A Chinese temple's lion statue is paraded through Phuket Town's streets, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164908: Thailand: Shrine bearers race through the streets to avoid exploding firecrackers and the deafening noise, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164683: Thailand: Entranced devotee or 'Ma Song' takes part in a procession through Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164815: Thailand: Carrying the gods through the streets littered with firecrackers, street procession, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163833: Thailand: A mixed Akha and Lahu family, Chiang Rai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164715: Thailand: Firecrackers explode over shrine bearers and they are quickly enveloped in thick smoke, street procession, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164809: Thailand: Entranced devotee or 'Ma Song' visits a street altar set up by a shop owner looking for blessings from passing devotees, Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164821: Thailand: Carrying the gods through the streets littered with firecrackers, street procession, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164964: Thailand: Roasted pigs ready for the end of the festival, San Chao Chui Tui (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164814: Thailand: Carrying the gods through the streets littered with firecrackers, street procession, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164773: Thailand: A 'Ma Song' in the parade of devotees, Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163827: Thailand: Pipe-smoking Akha woman, Doi Mae Salong's (Santikhiri) early morning market, Chiang Rai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164834: Thailand: Entranced devotee or 'Ma Song' takes part in a procession through Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164667: Thailand: Chinese gods and other statues on an altar at San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164100: Thailand: The western moat by Ku Ruang Bastion, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164965: Thailand: Roasted pigs ready for the end of the festival, San Chao Chui Tui (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164665: Thailand: Monkey statue, San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164745: Thailand: Entranced devotees or 'Ma Song' at an altar, San Chao Chui Tui (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164680: Thailand: Entrance to San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164862: Thailand: Lion dancer at San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164796: Thailand: Carrying the gods through the streets and dragon dancers, street procession, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164823: Thailand: Carrying the gods through the streets littered with firecrackers, street procession, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164686: Thailand: A section of the daily parade through Phuket Town during the festival, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164961: Thailand: Calligraphy over the front entrance to San Chao Saeng Tham Chinese temple, Phuket / Bridgeman Images