Ann Marie Leshkowich 

Fieldwork Photos from Vietnam

Part Two, Market Religion

Click here to go to: Part One, Ben Thanh Market | Part Three, Religion | Part Four, Ho Chi Minh City Life


Photo 2.1: Praying to the Goddess of Mercy (left) and the Spirit of Ben Thanh Market (right) in the small
shrine located in the market's clock tower above the selling floor


Photo 2.2: Offerings placed on shrines to the God of Wealth and the God of the Earth


Photo 2.3: Placing incense sticks on the shrines to the God of Wealth (Ong Than Tai) and the God of the Earth (Ong Dia)

 


Photo 2.4: Two statues of the God of Wealth (left) and God of the Earth (right) which have been placed in the back of a Ben Thanh Market stall

Click here to go to: Part One, Ben Thanh Market | Part Three, Religion | Part Four, Ho Chi Minh City Life

 

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