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Poy sang long (Shan:ပွႆးသၢင်ႇလွင်း) is arite of passage ceremony among theShan peoples, inMyanmar and in neighbouring northernThailand, undergone by boys at some point between seven and fourteen years of age. It consists of taking novice monastic vows and participating in monastery life for a period of time that can vary from a week to many months or more. Usually, a large group of boys are ordained assāmaṇera (novitiate monk) at the same time.
TheTai Yai namepoy sang long is decomposed as follows:
In neighbouring Thailand, where Shan immigrants have brought over the traditions from Myanmar, the ceremony goes on for three days, as the boys (dressed like princes in imitation ofGautama Buddha, who was himself a prince before setting out on the religious path) spend the entire time being carried around on the shoulders of their older male relatives. On the third day, they are ordained, and enter themonastery for a period of at least one week, and perhaps many years.[1]
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