Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand after having their heads shaved -- a symbolic start to a centuries-old Shan monkhood ...

The Poy Sang Long celebration is a vibrant three-day ritual before boys of Myanmar's Shan people enter monastic life for up to one month Dressed in flowers, finery and make-up, scores of boys were ...

Young ethnic Shan boys wearing shimmering dresses and colorful floral headpieces are carried by family members during the annual Poy Sang Long procession on March 28. Photo: AFP In shimmering robes, ...