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Sometimes when we went out for eating dinner (never at lunch though), child beggars often came to our table. They had a quite simple but nevertheless effective way of begging: they would simply stand there until you gave them something just so they would go away again. Some of them even banged their fists on somebody's (only men's) backs - not very strongly, but still... Who wouldn't give them something? Even if its just to stop them.

And in when we went for a visa run to Burma there were little temple boys running after us the whole time, begging silently with their hands in a receiving gesture. As soon as you give one of them something, suddenly more and more cute little temple boys appeared ...seemingly out of nowhere! The only way to get out of this group is to pretend you want to touch them... they are not allowed!
But still I doubt they are real temple boys. There are way too many of them. And I thought temples usually get enough food and money during the usual morning rounds of the monks and novices. No?
Does anybody know more about these "temple boys" in Burma?


edit: sorry, my signature doesn't really apply to this post. Seems a bit out of place...