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On my second tour, I attended the ordination of a young monk at a monastery outside of Chiang Mai in the country side. It was quite fascinating, and after the ceremony, they had a great feast there on the monastery grounds.
During the ceremony inside the Bote(monk's chapel), it was all very, very serious. No talking, smiling, or joking. And most of all, no cameras!!! They did allow some picture taking, but we gave the cameras to a Thai lady, who understood the etiquette for taking pics, when it was OK, when not, and what was OK to photo. We were told that we were not allowed to, because there was no allowance for screw-ups.
Once the ceremony was over, and we were outside, the people were all quite wonderful. They treated us as if we were family, and the monks were very friendly, as well.
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