Today is Wan Phra which is the Buddhist version of a Sunday for Christians. As it is set by the phases of the moon, it is on a different day each week. Normally monks go out each day to collect alms but on Wan Phra, Buddhists go to the temple early in the morning. A group of students from my school go to a local temple before school on Wan Phra every week. These are some pictures taken this morning. The students buy prepared food at the temple which they put in alms bowls. They also buy flowers which is offered to the Buddha image. Finally they buy a bird which they release from it’s cage.

