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Novication Ceremony

Spring 2015 voyagers got the chance to witness a Novication Ceremony while in Burma (Myanmar) in which children are initiated as novice monks in the Therevada Buddhist monastic tradition. Student Karina Wohlheiter shares how the experience reminded her of similar coming-of-age traditions from her own culture.

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