The Poy Sang Long celebration is a vibrant three-day ritual before boys of Myanmar's Shan people enter monastic life for up ...

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand before having their heads ...

Chaiya said the kingdom saw a surge in Shan immigration following Myanmar's 2021 military coup and the subsequent civil war, with Shan state one of the worst-affected regions. The procession drew ...