Feeding the Monks

Fred and I got up at 5:00 am this morning to take part in a ceremony with the monks of Luang Prabang. Every morning at 5:30 they slowly walk in front of locals and tourists collecting food for the day.

They ask that you don't just come for pictures, but as you can see many people disregard that request.

I bought a bowl of rice from a vendor across the street and sat with the locals to distribute the food. No spoon, just fingers. Alice did this yesterday and a lady told her to roll the rice into balls, so I tried that today and another woman showed me that you just grab a handful and toss it in the monk's bowl. Either way, they got rice from both of us.