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Shinbyu: Becoming a novice in Myanmar Royalty Free Stock Photo

Novitiation ceremony of young samaneras in Shwedagon, Yangon, My Royalty Free Stock Photo

Festive procession in Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar Royalty Free Stock Photo

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Bagan, Myanmar - March 2019: novice Buddhist monk Shinbyu initiation ceremony in a village Royalty Free Stock Photo

Burmese people at Shinbyu ceremony Royalty Free Stock Photo

Decorated carriages with golden motifs, during the Shinbyu, a novitiation ceremony, Myanmar Royalty Free Stock Photo

Shinbyu is the Burmese term for a novitiation ceremony (pabbajja) in the tradition of Theravada Buddhism.The shinbyu is a rite that young men of Burma would go through. It is the duty of parents to let their sons embrace the path that Buddha has taken when he was young. The son joins the sangha and becomes a novice monk studying the Dhamma