From our trip to Thailand for Rut to enter the monastery. Click on photograph for a larger view.
Obtaining pigs from the source...
and transporting them.
Many hands make light work, and feeding a few hundred people over
two days requires lots of hands!
Relatives, friends and neighbors all help.
Mother gets the first cuts on her three sons, followed by many relatives and friends.
Here come the clippers!
One eyebrow left to go.
Dressed in their
ceremonial outfits....
and the ceremonies begin.
Feet can't touch the ground between home and monastery!
In the pickup truck ready for the parade.
And what a parade it is!
One of two bands.
Indoctrination begins....
and the new monks are presented to the community.
