A stop in a Monastery. Not the most famous one but the more authentic and the cheaper (free is cheap no?).
You have to know that in Myanmar you have to be a monk twice in your life. Once before you reach 20 years old as an apprentice, and another time after that to be ordered as a Monk.
Some men decide to be monks after being married so you’ll see often daddy taking care of their sons or daughters while wearing the orange or purple costume.
I like the idea of it, taking care of your spirituality and your family at the same time…
You’ll see a lot of little monks checking their Facebook on their smartphones and laughing around. This is something usual and totally accepted.

But there is another side of it: Buddhism is not exactly like you would expect it to be in some regions of Myanmar. You’ll find radicals monks who forgot the main idea of Buddhism sometimes. Rarely… But that exists.
I’ve heard that few month ago, a group of monks decided to kick out the Muslims immigrants from Bangladesh by spreading a blurry rumor about a local girl having been raped by one of them. It was not true but the people from the village decided to declare a little war and the end of the story was pretty dramatic.
You couldn’t imagine these respected guys doing it right?







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