

Onlookers watch as a decorative float carrying a wax sculpture passes during a Wax Festival parade in Suphan Buri July 27, 2010. The Wax Festival marks the beginning of a three-month long Buddhist Lent known as Khao Phansa. The wax sculptures are later presented to temples as a form of offering.

A beauty queen poses next to a wax sculpture on a decorative float during a Wax Festival parade in Suphan Buri July 27, 2010. The Wax Festival marks the beginning of a three-month long Buddhist Lent known as Khao Phansa. The wax sculptures are later presented to temples as a form of offering.