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 after having their heads shaved — a symbolic start to a centuries-old Shan monkhood ordination. The ...

The Buddhist celebration ... 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 Buddhist celebration is unique to the Shan people of northeastern Myanmar ... arts & entertainment, state legislature, CFD news, and more.

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand after having their heads shaved -- a symbolic start to a centuries-old Shan monkhood ordination. The ...