Fewer monks join festival in Kyaikhami

Wed 31 Oct 2007
IMNA

Fewer monks joined the monk festival in Kyaikhami, southern Mon State this month because of the brutal crackdown on monks who joined last months protests.

People in Mon state and southern Burma celebrated the Kyaikhami pagoda festival after the end of Buddhist lent.

"Very few monks joined the festival. But people are still going to the festival," a Thanpyuzayart township resident said.

The monks' festival started from the last full moon day and people in southern Mon state are joining in.

Following the crackdown on protesters, people are afraid of joining the festival but there are fewer people compared to last year.