Laos: A Buddhist monk with a 'money tree' (used for making merit), Wat Sainyaphum, Savannakhet, southern Laos. At certain times in the Buddhist calendar, villagers and laypeople collect money to present to the monks in their local temple. This money is vividly arranged on a 'money tree'.

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