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Summer Nuns

These novice nuns in Burma are on their way to a morning bath. Many Burmese families send their daughters for a religious education in the warm summer months. The “Thilashins” live together in compounds near wats. Numbers of resident nuns can double in summertime.

This entry was posted on October 9, 2013 by Shannon Turkewitz. It was filed under Burma and was tagged with Burma, Monk, Myanmar, Nun, Summer, temple, travel, wat.

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inte fan gör det det

Great pic! .-)

October 9, 2013 at 09:09

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- Shannon Turkewitz
  
  Thanks very much.
  
  October 9, 2013 at 09:12
  
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