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The royal outfit worn by novitiates during the Shinbyu procession in a village along the road to Mount Popa, Myanmar. Shinbyu is the burmese term for the novitiation ceremony in the tradition of Theravada Buddhism, referring the celebration of marking the novice monastic ordination of a boy under the age of 20. It is deemed the most important duty that parents owe to their son by letting go forth