Morning rounds

Early in the morning monks, young and old, leave their monasteries barefoot to collect alms . Each monk has his round wooden alms bowl and they go around to houses, shops or market stalls where people wait to put something in their bowl - often a spoonful of rice, some curry, a packet of flavorings, vegetables or fruit, sometimes money, occasionally something like washing powder or razor blades.

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