Consecration: Girls removing broken grains from motu poya, 1987

Consecration: Girls removing broken grains from motu poya, 1987

1987

It was obvious that this was an unpopular task and the girls who took part did not share the enthusiasm of the nun who selected them. I was unable to find out what purpose this tedious ritual served. Perhaps the rice was used in preparing the special dessert being made in the kitchen.

Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 40 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.

View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration.

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