Men Become Monks at Buddhist Ordination (16 images)

This is a collection of photos I made at a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai. I stopped there to make some photos in the temple and came upon an ordination ceremony for two men.
Most Thai males enter the Buddhist clergy, called the Sangha, at least once in their lives. Their stay in the monastery can be as short as one week or a lifetime committment, depending on the man.
For these young men, it would be a relatively short stay - they planned to stay in the monastery for only nine days.