CHAIYAPHUM: Eight men entering the monkhood were repeatedly tossed into the air during a spectacular and unique ordination parade through Ban Non Salao in Phu Khieo district on Tuesday.
In the morning, provincial governor Sopon Suwanrat presided over religious rites at a village shrine for the eight men being ordained, who were referred to as nagas.
The highlight of the day was the parade of the eight nagas, each of them sitting cross-legged on a bamboo bed carried on the shoulders of strong men along the…
