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Why the rescued Thai soccer team has ordained as Buddhist novice monks

  • Written by Andrew Alan Johnson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University
Why the rescued Thai soccer team has ordained as Buddhist novice monksMembers of the team who were rescued from a flooded cave prepare to be ordained to become Buddhist novices and monks.AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

After their dramatic rescue from Nang Non cave, the Thai boys and their soccer coach have ordained as novice monks for a period of nine days, as a part of paying respect to the Thai Navy SEAL, Saman Gunan, who...

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