Buddhist monks resting prior to collecting alms (or bowls) of food in the morning from villagers near Bagan Burma Myanmar

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The tradition is that monks or nuns leave the monastery, or wherever they are dwelling (most ideally, the root of a tree or a cemetery), either singly or in a group. As a group they walk single-file according to seniority, that is, ordination date. The robes are arranged formally, covering both shoulders. The monks walk barefooted into a village and then from house to house, not favoring rich or poor neighborhoods, accepting, but not requesting, what is freely donated, that is, dropped into one’s bowl

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Size: 5875px × 4721px
Location: Bagan Burma Myanmar
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Keywords: alms, begging, bowl, bowls, buddhist, burma, mendicancy, monks, myanmar, novice, street, tradition, travel