Chang Mai, Thailand April 2002: In the early morning monks leave their temples to collect food. Giving food is a form of merit.

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Chang Mai, Thailand April 2002: In the early morning monks leave their temples to collect food. Giving food is a form of merit and the monks recite a chant as a blessing. Some of the younger monks are novices on a summer camp during the long school break leading up to the Songkran new yearfestival

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Location: Chang Mai, Thailand
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
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