Accordingly most members of the Thai youth football team rescued from a flooded cave will have their heads shaved and don robes to be ordained as novices in a Buddhist ceremony on Tuesday. Meanwhile as per report their coach will also receive monk's orders and one of the boys will not join the ceremony as he is a Christian.
Moreover the group will spend nine days living in a monastery, a tradition for males in Thailand who experience adversity and furthermore they were trapped for more than two weeks before a dramatic rescue. Reports added the boys were all released from hospital last week and are said to be in good health after their ordeal in the snaking caverns of the Tham Luang caves of northern Thailand.
Seewad Sompiangjai, grandfather of Night, one of
the rescued boys told "They should spend time in a monastery.
It's for their protection and it's like they died but now have been
reborn." Moreover Thai officials said the boys will start the process by
having their heads shaved, before attending a robe ceremony on Wednesday.
Further they will stay in different monasteries until August 4 meditating,
praying and cleaning their temple and the length of time they will spend doing
this nine days is a nod to a Thai lucky number.
