/ 2025 / Book / Documentary

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Naama Zeevi Rivlin, Israel

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Even when they are little monks.

And despite the rigid life within the monasteries,

I found my self swept surrounded by the joyful laughter of children, in what felt like a playground of childhood games.



Burma is home to tens of thousands of monasteries. The number of monks and Buddhist clergy in Burma is relatively high compared to the size of the population.



Many families send their young children to be educated in a monastery for several years.



Given that many families in Burma (and much of Myanmar’s population) live in poverty, they take advantage of this