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Poy sang long festivity-ritual. Shan State, Myanmar.

Wikipedia: "Festival [of the] Crystal Sons" is a rite of passage ceremony among the...
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Poy sang long festivity-ritual. Shan State, Myanmar.

Wikipedia: "Festival [of the] Crystal Sons" is a rite of passage ceremony among the Shan peoples, in Myanmar and in neighbouring northern Thailand, undergone by boys at some point between seven and fourteen years of age. It consists of taking novice monastic vows and participating in monastery life for a period of time that can vary from a week to many months or more. Usually, a large group of boys are ordained as sāmaṇera (novitiate monk) at the same time.


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