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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be are presented to the monks at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be are presented to the monks at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. A Brahman priest (all in white) joins the ordination proceedings. He is to present the nakor monks-to-be to the spirits, to let those spirits know that these young men are to become monks / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. A nakor monk-to-be pays respect to the senior monks in attendance at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monk-to-be having been presented with their alms bowls at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be having been presented with their alms bowls at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be pay respect to their parents at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be pay respect to their parents at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. The newly ordained monk is shown how to tie his first robe / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. The newly ordained monk is shown how to tie his first robe / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. The newly ordained monk is shown how to tie his first robe / Bridgeman Images
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Vietnam: The Dai Thanh Mon (Gate of the Great Synthesis) leading to the fourth courtyard and the House of Ceremonies in the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images
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Burma / Myanmar: Brightly adorned oxen used for pulling the carts with the princesses (young Burmese girls in their finest attire) in the Na Htwin or the Ear-Piercing Ceremony which takes place at the same time as the Shinbyu ceremony. Bagan (Pagan) Ancie / Bridgeman Images
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Burma / Myanmar: A pagoda entrance hides a Buddha figure, Nyaung Ohak pagodas near the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images
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Burma / Myanmar: Some of the many Nyaung Ohak pagodas near Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images
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Burma / Myanmar: Some of the many Nyaung Ohak pagodas near Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images
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Burma / Myanmar: Some of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images
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China: A painted plate showing traditional Uighur dancers hangs in a musical instrument shop in Old Kashgar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images
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Thailand: Saffron robes, covered with elaborate decoration, ready for presentation to the nakor monks-to-be. Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images
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Burma / Myanmar: The golden chedi of Wat Jong Kham (Zom Kham) sits above Naung Tung Lake at Kyaing Tong (Kengtung), Shan State / Bridgeman Images