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Massive alms giving ceremony in Bangkok 3-Lots of monks!

Massive alms giving ceremony in Bangkok

April 12th 2012
Hi again, 2 post in one day... I must have some energy today! But that'll be a short post. I have been extremely lucky to be in Bangkok while an amazing event happened: a massive alms giving ceremony.<span> Once a year, thousands of monks get together to celebrate the anniversary of the Lord Buddha’s Enlightenment Day. This year, it was the 26 000th one . There is not a lot to s ... read more
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Thai Flag A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
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