Trailer for « Ko Yin » documentary filmed in Theravada Buddhism land, Myanmar. In a traditional village, the monastery is the centre of cultural life. Monks are venerated and supported by the lay people. A novitiation ceremony called « shinbyu » is the most important coming of age events for a boy, during which he enters the monastery for a short time. All male children in Buddhist families are encouraged to be a novice before the age of twenty and to be a monk after the age of twenty.
