Thai Buddhist monks pay respect to Buddha statue during a chanting ceremony to mark Makha Bucha day at Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, also known as the Marble Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 22 February 2016. Makha Bucha, known as the day of the Fourfold Assembly, is one of the holiest days to commemorate on the full moon night of the third lunar month the day that Lord Buddha gave the first sermon on the essence of Buddhism to his ordained 1,250 monk disciples assembled all by spontaneously gathered without an appointment. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)
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