Kathein

Pagoda snake!

With a friend after the ceremony,  See the snake cage back right!

Reaching the pagoda

Arriving with our gifts

Listening to the monks

Snacks after the ceremony

Kathein is a Buddhist holiday at the end of the rainy season.  Communities and groups donate money and essential items to a chosen monastery.   No monastery can have more than one supporting group.  The monks receive new robes, slippers, soap, towels, begging bowls and money to look after them while they remain in the monastery for 3 months of meditation.  the day to deliver the gifts is the day before the full moon in November

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