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Jan 04, 2014
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Over the New Year break, hundreds of thousands of Thais, mainly women, take time to attend prayer and meditation retreats in Buddhist temples across the country. Prayer halls descend into anticipatory silence, waiting for monks to take their places in front of congregations, an air of serenity occasionally interrupted by the ring of a mobile phone which…

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