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04 APRIL 2018 - CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: at Wat Pa Pao in Chiang Mai. Poy Sang Long ("The Festival of the Crystal Sons") is a ceremony that marks a rite of passage among the Buddhist Shan people in Myanmar and northern Thailand. Boys between seven and fourteen years of age are ordained as Buddhist novices during a three day ceremony. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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04 APRIL 2018 - CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: at Wat Pa Pao in Chiang Mai. Poy Sang Long ("The Festival of the Crystal Sons") is a ceremony that marks a rite of passage among the Buddhist Shan people in Myanmar and northern Thailand. Boys between seven and fourteen years of age are ordained as Buddhist novices during a three day ceremony. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ