Boy dressed up as a prince riding on shoulders at Poy Sang Long the yearly ordination of novice monks Mae Hong Son Thailand

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The Poy Sang Long at which boys become novice monks is a tradition among the Shan who live in Burma and northwestern Thailand The boys who will become novice monks are dressed up as princes in remembrance of the Buddha

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Location: Mae Hong Son, Thailand
Photo credit: © Anders Ryman / Alamy / Afripics
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