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  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: A Buddhist monk walks past Buddhist  nuns on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns do so to escape poverty or abuse.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns to so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns do so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns do so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns to so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns do so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns do so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Tachileik0426017.jpg
  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns do so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Tachileik0426015.jpg
  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns do so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Tachileik0426013.jpg
  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns to so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2014 - TACHILEIK, SHAN STATE, MYANMAR: Buddhist  nuns go out on their alms rounds in the morning in Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). There are about 75,000 Burmese women living as nuns, sometimes called "Bhikkhuni" although the term has fallen out of favor since Bhikkhuni are no longer ordained. Many of the women who become nuns to so to escape poverty or abuse.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Tachileik0426011.jpg
  • 25 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun) solicits alms on the Yangon Circular Train. The Yangon Circular Train is a 45.9-kilometre (28.5 mi) 39-station two track loop system connects satellite towns and suburban areas to downtown. The train was built during the British colonial period, the second track was built in 1954. Trains currently run both directions (clockwise and counter-clockwise) around the city. The trains are the least expensive way to get across Yangon and they are very popular with Yangon's working class. About 100,000 people ride the train every day. A a ticket costs 200 Kyat (about .17¢ US) for the entire 28.5 mile loop.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A Buddhist nun, also known as a Bhikkhuni, solicits alms (donations) from passengers on the Dala ferry. The ferry to Dala runs continuously through the day between Yangon and Dala. Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). Yangon, with a population of over five million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun) solicits alms on the Yangon Circular Train. The Yangon Circular Train is a 45.9-kilometre (28.5 mi) 39-station two track loop system connects satellite towns and suburban areas to downtown. The train was built during the British colonial period, the second track was built in 1954. Trains currently run both directions (clockwise and counter-clockwise) around the city. The trains are the least expensive way to get across Yangon and they are very popular with Yangon's working class. About 100,000 people ride the train every day. A a ticket costs 200 Kyat (about .17¢ US) for the entire 28.5 mile loop.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Buddhist nuns, also called Bhikkhuni, wait out a rain storm in Yangon, Myanmar. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun) solicits alms on the Yangon Circular Train. The Yangon Circular Train is a 45.9-kilometre (28.5 mi) 39-station two track loop system connects satellite towns and suburban areas to downtown. The train was built during the British colonial period, the second track was built in 1954. Trains currently run both directions (clockwise and counter-clockwise) around the city. The trains are the least expensive way to get across Yangon and they are very popular with Yangon's working class. About 100,000 people ride the train every day. A a ticket costs 200 Kyat (about .17¢ US) for the entire 28.5 mile loop.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Bhikkhuni (Buddhist nuns) pray for the late King during the funeral for Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand. He died in October 2016 and was cremated during an ornate five day funeral on 26 October 2017. He reigned for 70 years and was Thailand's longest serving monarch.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Bhikkhuni (Buddhist nuns) pray for the late King during the funeral for Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand. He died in October 2016 and was cremated during an ornate five day funeral on 26 October 2017. He reigned for 70 years and was Thailand's longest serving monarch.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Bhikkhuni (Buddhist nuns) pray for the late King during the funeral for Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand. He died in October 2016 and was cremated during an ornate five day funeral on 26 October 2017. He reigned for 70 years and was Thailand's longest serving monarch.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JANUARY 2016 - CHACHOENGSAO, CHACHOENGSAO, THAILAND: A Buddhist nun (also called Bhikkhuni) makes merit among the statues of the Buddha at Wat Sothon. Wat Sothon, in Chachoengsao, is one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand. Thousands of people come to the temple every day to pray for good luck, they make merit by donating cooked eggs and cash to the temple. The temple dates from the Ayutthaya period (circa 18th century CE).         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JANUARY 2016 - CHACHOENGSAO, CHACHOENGSAO, THAILAND: A Buddhist nun (also called Bhikkhuni) makes merit among the statues of the Buddha at Wat Sothon. Wat Sothon, in Chachoengsao, is one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand. Thousands of people come to the temple every day to pray for good luck, they make merit by donating cooked eggs and cash to the temple. The temple dates from the Ayutthaya period (circa 18th century CE).         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A Buddhist nun, also known as a Bhikkhuni, solicits alms (donations) from passengers on the Dala ferry. The ferry to Dala runs continuously through the day between Yangon and Dala. Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). Yangon, with a population of over five million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    DalaFerry008.jpg
  • 31 DECEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist nuns participate in an overnight prayer and chanting service on New Year's Eve at Wat Pathum Wanaram in central Bangkok. The strings attached to their heads unite and amplify the prayers. Many Thais go to temples and shrines to pray and meditate during New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 DECEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist nuns walk in the funeral procession for Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch. He died Oct. 24, 2013, at a hospital in Bangkok and was cremated today. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and appointed as the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as a monk in 1956. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets during the procession to pray for the Patriarch.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PatriarchFuneralProcession059.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Buddhists "nuns" on their morning alms rounds in Yangon, Myanmar. Nuns in the western sense don't exist in Myanmar, the girls are not actually ordained as nuns. Most come from very poor families. In some cases, their families couldn't afford to keep the girls so they were sent to live in religious environment. The girls will never be ordained as either monks or nuns, but they live a spiritual life, studying Buddhist theology and meditation and doing good deeds. In turn they are supported by their communities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuddhistNunsAlmsRounds008.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Buddhists "nuns" on their morning alms rounds in Yangon, Myanmar. Nuns in the western sense don't exist in Myanmar, the girls are not actually ordained as nuns. Most come from very poor families. In some cases, their families couldn't afford to keep the girls so they were sent to live in religious environment. The girls will never be ordained as either monks or nuns, but they live a spiritual life, studying Buddhist theology and meditation and doing good deeds. In turn they are supported by their communities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuddhistNunsAlmsRounds007.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Buddhists "nuns" on their morning alms rounds in Yangon, Myanmar. Nuns in the western sense don't exist in Myanmar, the girls are not actually ordained as nuns. Most come from very poor families. In some cases, their families couldn't afford to keep the girls so they were sent to live in religious environment. The girls will never be ordained as either monks or nuns, but they live a spiritual life, studying Buddhist theology and meditation and doing good deeds. In turn they are supported by their communities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuddhistNunsAlmsRounds006.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Buddhists "nuns" on their morning alms rounds in Yangon, Myanmar. Nuns in the western sense don't exist in Myanmar, the girls are not actually ordained as nuns. Most come from very poor families. In some cases, their families couldn't afford to keep the girls so they were sent to live in religious environment. The girls will never be ordained as either monks or nuns, but they live a spiritual life, studying Buddhist theology and meditation and doing good deeds. In turn they are supported by their communities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuddhistNunsAlmsRounds003.jpg
  • 16 DECEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist nuns walk in the funeral procession for Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch. He died Oct. 24, 2013, at a hospital in Bangkok and was cremated today. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and appointed as the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as a monk in 1956. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets during the procession to pray for the Patriarch.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PatriarchFuneralProcession056.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist nuns participate in a procession at the beginning of Loi Krathong at Wat Prayurawongsawat on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River. Loi Krathong is translated as "to float (Loi) a basket (Krathong)", and comes from the tradition of making krathong or buoyant, decorated baskets, which are then floated on a river to make merit. On the night of the full moon of the 12th lunar month (usually November), Thais launch their krathong on a river, canal or a pond, making a wish as they do so. Loi Krathong is also celebrated in other Theravada Buddhist countries like Myanmar, where it is called the Tazaungdaing Festival, and Cambodia, where it is called Bon Om Tuk.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 DECEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist nuns walk in the funeral procession for Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch. He died Oct. 24, 2013, at a hospital in Bangkok and was cremated today. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and appointed as the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as a monk in 1956. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets during the procession to pray for the Patriarch.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PatriarchFuneralProcession057.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Buddhists "nuns" on their morning alms rounds in Yangon, Myanmar. Nuns in the western sense don't exist in Myanmar, the girls are not actually ordained as nuns. Most come from very poor families. In some cases, their families couldn't afford to keep the girls so they were sent to live in religious environment. The girls will never be ordained as either monks or nuns, but they live a spiritual life, studying Buddhist theology and meditation and doing good deeds. In turn they are supported by their communities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuddhistNunsAlmsRounds005.jpg
  • 16 DECEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Buddhist nuns walk in the funeral procession for Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, who headed Thailand’s order of Buddhist monks for more than two decades and was known as the Supreme Patriarch. He died Oct. 24, 2013, at a hospital in Bangkok and was cremated today. He was 100. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1933 and appointed as the Supreme Patriarch in 1989. He was the spiritual advisor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand when the King served as a monk in 1956. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets during the procession to pray for the Patriarch.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PatriarchFuneralProcession058.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Buddhists "nuns" on their morning alms rounds in Yangon, Myanmar. Nuns in the western sense don't exist in Myanmar, the girls are not actually ordained as nuns. Most come from very poor families. In some cases, their families couldn't afford to keep the girls so they were sent to live in religious environment. The girls will never be ordained as either monks or nuns, but they live a spiritual life, studying Buddhist theology and meditation and doing good deeds. In turn they are supported by their communities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuddhistNunsAlmsRounds009.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Buddhists "nuns" on their morning alms rounds in Yangon, Myanmar. Nuns in the western sense don't exist in Myanmar, the girls are not actually ordained as nuns. Most come from very poor families. In some cases, their families couldn't afford to keep the girls so they were sent to live in religious environment. The girls will never be ordained as either monks or nuns, but they live a spiritual life, studying Buddhist theology and meditation and doing good deeds. In turn they are supported by their communities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuddhistNunsAlmsRounds004.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Buddhists "nuns" on their morning alms rounds in Yangon, Myanmar. Nuns in the western sense don't exist in Myanmar, the girls are not actually ordained as nuns. Most come from very poor families. In some cases, their families couldn't afford to keep the girls so they were sent to live in religious environment. The girls will never be ordained as either monks or nuns, but they live a spiritual life, studying Buddhist theology and meditation and doing good deeds. In turn they are supported by their communities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuddhistNunsAlmsRounds001.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Buddhists "nuns" on their morning alms rounds in Yangon, Myanmar. Nuns in the western sense don't exist in Myanmar, the girls are not actually ordained as nuns. Most come from very poor families. In some cases, their families couldn't afford to keep the girls so they were sent to live in religious environment. The girls will never be ordained as either monks or nuns, but they live a spiritual life, studying Buddhist theology and meditation and doing good deeds. In turn they are supported by their communities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuddhistNunsAlmsRounds002.jpg
  • 25 OCTOBER 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Bhikkhuni (Buddhist nuns) pray for the late King during the funeral for Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Late King of Thailand. He died in October 2016 and was cremated during an ornate five day funeral on 26 October 2017. He reigned for 70 years and was Thailand's longest serving monarch.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Buddhist nuns, also known as "Bhikkhuni" pass Muslim men sitting on a Yangon sidewalk. Many Muslims in overwhelmingly Buddhist Myanmar feel their religion is threatened by a series of laws that target non-Buddhists. Under the so called "Race and Religion Protection Laws," people aren't allowed to convert from Buddhism to another religion without permission from authorities, Buddhist women aren't allowed to marry non-Buddhist men without permission from the community and polygamy is outlawed. Pope Francis is to arrive in Myanmar next week and is expected to address the persecution of the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority in western Myanmar. Some Muslims and Christians are concerned that if the Pope's comments take too strong of pro-Rohingya stance, he could exacerbate religious tensions in the country.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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