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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Thai monks mix Buddha with Beckham
by ubernoir at 4:09 pm EDT, Jul 4, 2006 |
Like billions of other people around the world, 25-year-old Phra Prawit is avidly following the World Cup - and especially his favourite team, France. On the other side of Bangkok, 28-year-old England fan Pramaha Preecha is equally addicted to the beautiful game. But Prawit, Preecha and their football-mad friends have a problem: they are Buddhist monks and have to be awake at 5am every morning to collect alms from the local community.
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RE: BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Thai monks mix Buddha with Beckham
by Lost at 7:22 pm EDT, Jul 4, 2006 |
adam wrote: Like billions of other people around the world, 25-year-old Phra Prawit is avidly following the World Cup - and especially his favourite team, France. On the other side of Bangkok, 28-year-old England fan Pramaha Preecha is equally addicted to the beautiful game. But Prawit, Preecha and their football-mad friends have a problem: they are Buddhist monks and have to be awake at 5am every morning to collect alms from the local community.
I had a great deal of fun showing the monks in my guesthouse in Dharamsala how to warp between levels on Super Mario brothers. They were also addicted to Chinese soap operas. The best though, was the Puma shoes that matched the robes EXACTLY :) |
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