Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand before having their heads ...

The Poy Sang Long ceremony is now held in March and April in various locations in northern Thailand, and Chiang Mai is home to one of the country's largest Shan communities. Father Nu said he ...

Young ethnic Shan boys wearing shimmering dresses and colourful floral headpieces take part in a traditional rite of passage ceremony to be initiated as novice Buddhist monks at the Wat Ku Tao ...