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Chiang Mai (Thailand) (AFP) – Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand ...
The Poy Sang Long celebration is a vibrant three-day ritual before boys of Myanmar’s Shan people enter monastic life for up ...
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra flew to Chiang Mai on Sunday (April 13) to celebrate the Thai traditional New ...
The Buddhist celebration is unique to the Shan ... they were carried around the Ku Tao temple in Chiang Mai three times on relatives' shoulders, to the rhythmic beat of traditional gongs.
From floating shrines and striking synagogues to golden monuments and sprawling sacrificial sites, these are the most ...
The temple is privately owned and we saw limited presence of monks, unlike the “working” temples we visited in Chiang Mai. It is owned ... on what to wear to a Buddhist temple.
Many people visit Chiang Rai on a day tour – after all, from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai ... temple feature red walls with gold decoration overlaid, with an impressive statue of the Buddha as ...