Monks ritually shaved more than 40 boys' heads with razors, tufts of hair falling onto lotus leaves. In shimmering robes, jewellery and colourful floral headpieces, they were carried around the Ku ...

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 ordination.

Monks ritually shaved more than 40 boys' heads with razors, tufts of hair falling onto lotus leaves. In shimmering robes, jewellery and colourful floral headpieces, they were carried around the Ku Tao ...

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 ordination. The ...

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple ... Monks ritually shaved their heads with a razor, tufts of hair falling onto a lotus leaf.