Buddhist candidate novices wearing
princely
attire, complete with a
salwe (fig.),
during a
shinpyu
ordination ceremony
at the
Mahamuni
Buddha Temple (fig.)
in Mandalay, prior to
becoming a novice
known as
shin thamanei.
The
princely attire is
a symbolic reference to
Siddhartha,
i.e. the historical
Buddha-to-be,
who was a prince prior to abandoning his throne in exchange for a
secular life of self-detachment.
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