http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/lifestyle-and-culture/10000-buddhist-monks-in-chiang-mai/ Thailand, The Country and its People Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:28:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/lifestyle-and-culture/10000-buddhist-monks-in-chiang-mai/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Tim Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:54:53 +0000 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=1635#comment-94 I was at this very event! It was truly amazing to see this gathering of monks. The monks in red came all the way from Burma(Myanmar) and the ones in dark yellow are from Cambodia. It just happened that my trip was in Chiang Mai on this day and my guide mentioned this event. I was there at 5AM. It was a long morning of kneeling on concrete (That white tarp doesn't provide much padding) but it was definitely worth the trip. I was at this very event! It was truly amazing to see this gathering of monks. The monks in red came all the way from Burma(Myanmar) and the ones in dark yellow are from Cambodia. It just happened that my trip was in Chiang Mai on this day and my guide mentioned this event. I was there at 5AM. It was a long morning of kneeling on concrete (That white tarp doesn’t provide much padding) but it was definitely worth the trip.

]]> http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/lifestyle-and-culture/10000-buddhist-monks-in-chiang-mai/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Charlie @ Best Hotel Bangkok Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:01:30 +0000 http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/?p=1635#comment-73 Wow, I have never seen so many monks in one place at one time it looks like quite a spectacle, hopefully the tourists will understand what the collecting of alms is all about, not like what has happened in other Asian countries where the monks have been forced out of their home areas because there were too many "falang" and not enough locals to support their alms collection. Wow, I have never seen so many monks in one place at one time it looks like quite a spectacle, hopefully the tourists will understand what the collecting of alms is all about, not like what has happened in other Asian countries where the monks have been forced out of their home areas because there were too many “falang” and not enough locals to support their alms collection.

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