In this photo taken on May 25, 2017, the parents of a soon-to-be monk hold a sheet to collect the hair shaved from his head during a ceremony initiating him into a Buddhist monastery in Bagan. Buddhist tradition in Myanmar requires everyone to spend some time in a monastery or nunnery before the age of 18 in what is viewed as an important coming of age ritual. Others, however, are there for the long-term, destined for a monastic life. / AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU