02 JUNE 2017 - SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  Participants in the parade for the City Pillar Shrine get off a boat that carried them up the Tha Chin River during the procession for the City Pillar Shrine. The Chaopho Lak Mueang Procession (City Pillar Shrine Procession) is a religious festival that takes place in June in front of city hall in Samut Sakhon. The "Chaopho Lak Mueang" is  placed on a fishing boat and taken across the Tha Chin River from Talat Maha Chai to Tha Chalom in the area of Wat Suwannaram and then paraded through the community before returning to the temple in Samut Sakhon. Samut Sakhon is always known by its historic name of Mahachai.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ