What is Kathein, you may ask? It is the time of the year where Burmese people collect robes, fans, umbrellas and other necessities for the monks.
This week the Student Council and I dressed up and went to the local monastery where we delivered donations from our students and shared a meal with the monks. It was an amazing opportunity for the kids to get together with all of ISM's student council (ES, MS and HS) and see where the donations they had been collecting for the monks were going.
Here are some classroom reps heading out!
We paraded about 10 minutes through the neighborhood, following an obnoxious truck with music blaring (typical of any parading in Myanmar) and all of our donations!
One of the Kathein trees with donations attached to it
This monk spoke for 40 minutes straight, pausing every once in a while to spit in a jar :)
Elementary Stu Co!
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