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  • An ethnic Shan boy is prepared with make-up and costume for his part in the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • A monk shaves the head of an ethnic Shan boy in preparation for participation in the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • A monk shaves the head of an ethnic Shan boy in prepartaion for participation in the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys are carried on shoulders in a procession for the Poi Sang Long ceremony. ..The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys are carried on shoulders in a procession for the Poi Sang Long ceremony. ..The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • An ethnic Shan father carries his son at the Poi Sang Long ceremony. Families of boys performing the rite are welcome to sleep in the temple buildings for the duration of the festival...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys await the moment of ordination in the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys are carried on shoulders in a procession for the Poi Sang Long ceremony. ..The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys are carried on shoulders in a procession for the Poi Sang Long ceremony. ..The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys are carried on shoulders in a procession for the Poi Sang Long ceremony. ..The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • An ethnic Shan boy is prepared with make-up for his part in the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys and family members sleep in the pre-dawn hours before continuing the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys in the pre-dawn hours before continuing the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Family members prepare ethnic Shan boys in the pre-dawn hours for the continuing Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys and family members sleep in the pre-dawn hours before continuing the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys and family members sleep in the pre-dawn hours before continuing the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan mothers hand-feed their boys as part of the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys play with remote control cars in the pre-dawn hours before continuing the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • An ethnic Shan family pose for a family portrait during the Poi Sang Long festival...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys await the moment of ordination in the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys don saffron robes for the moment of ordination as Buddhist novice monks during the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys don saffron robes for the moment of ordination as Buddhist novice monks during the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys don saffron robes for the moment of ordination as Buddhist novice monks during the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys don saffron robes for the moment of ordination as Buddhist novice monks during the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.
  • Ethnic Shan boys don saffron robes for the moment of ordination as Buddhist novice monks during the Poi Sang Long ceremony...The Poi Sang Long is an annual ceremony for the ordination of your ethnic Shan boys to the Buddhist order. Their stay at a temple is typically a nominal seven days. Colourful costumes are worn for the first three days to commemorate the penultimate life of Buddha who was born as a prince before rejecting the luxurious trappings of material wealth. For these three days, the boys are referred to as 'Sang Long' or 'Look Kaew' (jewelled sons). As novices, the boys wear simple saffron robes and study Buddhist precepts. The rite is believed to earn spiritual merit for the boy's parents.