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            After a long prayer session inside the monastry of Nyaung Shwe the novices can't wait to run outside and play football - after all they are children.
Every Buddhist Burmese boy between the age of 7 and 13 is expected to enter the monastery as a novice monk for a period of a few weeks to several months. He has a choice to return to life outside the monastery at any time, or he can stay on as a monk, if he so chooses.
Many families from poorer or more rural backgrounds take up the chance to send their son to be a monk as it also means a free education.

   

Taken in: Myanmar / Shan State / Yawnghwe (show map)

Taken on: February 11, 2016

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