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Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood

by Admin | Apr 11, 2025 | Daily News

Source: France 24 | By Agence France-Presse

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand after having their heads shaved — a symbolic start to a centuries-old Shan monkhood ordination

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