Novice nuns at the entrance to the Buddha shrine. Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)

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Novices in Burma are known as thilashin, or “keepers of moral virtue”, and the thilashin at Sagaing’s nunnery school are among the most highly educated and disciplined in Burma. Sakyadhita means "Buddha's daughters"

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Sagaing Myanmar (Burma)
Photo credit: © Rick Rudnicki / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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