Initiate dressed in a garish costume and sunglasses mounted on a elephant ready to be processed to Wat Hat Siao to be ordained as novice monks, Elephant Back Ordination Ceremony (Buat Chang), Si Sachanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand

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Young man mounting an elephant to process to Wat Hat Siao to be ordanined as a novice monk, Elephant Ordination Ceremony, Sukhothai, Thailand

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Size: 2849px × 4290px
Location: Sukhothai, Sukhothai Province, Thailand
Photo credit: © Steve_Davey / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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