Young monks in Yangon

Every Myanmar male is expected to take up monastic residence twice in his life – once between age 10 and 20 and then again after age 20.  Monasteries are also a place for poor families to send their children to receive a free education.

We walked into this monastery in Yangon as the young monks were studying. The room was only lit up by some sunlight shining through the cracks of the door and partially closed windows. What wonderful light. It required a fairly long exposure, but fortunately these young monks were supposed to be studying and sat fairly quiet (but I think we provided a welcomed distraction 🙂 ).

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