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Noviation ceremony | Inle Lake

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January 24, 2009

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Due to Kyau Kund and Paw Son's limited English, I didn't fully understand what was going on with these boats--outfitted with loudspeakers and boys dressed like pink princesses shaded under golden umbrellas--until I ran into a guide that explained the young boys were preparing to enter monkhood.

Posted on January 24, 2009 |

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