{"id":2026,"date":"2014-03-03T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:46:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:46:40","slug":"novice-monks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/03\/novice-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"Novice monks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Novice monks at the Full Moon Festival in Bagan, Myanmar (also known as Burma), by\u00a0Lynn Gail. According to the proportion of monks in the population and the amount of money spent on the practice, Myanmar is the most religious of all the Buddhist countries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=18365&amp;capt=Y&amp;gallery=Editors%20Choice\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2027\" alt=\"Novice monks, Full Moon Festival, Shwezigon Paya, Nyaung U Area, Bagan, Myanmar(Burma).\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1111-348.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1111-348.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1111-348-389x245.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more photos of Buddhism in Myanmar <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=myanmar+buddhism\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novice monks at the Full Moon Festival in Bagan, Myanmar (also known as Burma), by\u00a0Lynn Gail. 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