Shinbyu
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- Ceremony
- New novice
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thumb|A shinbyu ceremony at Mandalay.
Shinbyu (; , also spelt shinpyu) is the Burmese term for a novitiation ceremony (pabbajja) in the tradition of Theravada Buddhism, referring to the celebrations marking the sāmaṇera (novitiate) monastic ordination of a boy under the age of 20.
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