The Emperor’s New Clothes
OK, so actually it’s new robes for the Novices at Wat
Pasaviet, but it was a catchy blog name!
GVI played Santa Claus on Boxing Day to the 40 or so Novices
at Wat Pasaviet – a temple school we teach 4 classes at 5 nights a week. With the onset of the cool season (well,
downright freezing some mornings), Novices – restricted to wearing their
saffron, one shouldered robes – find the cold a little too much to bear. Some Novices especially come from poor rural
families and have just one set of robes – difficult enough to keep clean let
alone warm!
So the day after Christmas the GVI staff headed to the
temple once the robes had arrived on order from Vientiane and presented them to
the students. Of course they were
gratefully received and Novices chanted for us in thanks....very special.
So now all they need are orange beanies and gloves, and they
may be able to stave off the low temperatures this season!
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