SUMMARY | PHOTO GALLERY | NEXT | PREVIOUS | | LEXICON

TRADITIONS & UTENSILS

 

 

 

  wan kohn

 

Myanmar

Unlike in Thailand, where monks and novices shave their heads and eyebrows once a month, on wan kohn, monks and novices in the neighbouring Theravada Buddhist county of Myanmar, shave their heads four times a month and do not shave off the eyebrows (fig.).

TRAVEL PICTURE