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Thai Yai tribal Buddhist novices enjoy a game boy device at Wat Huai Pha Buddhist temple in Mae Hong Son province, northern Thailand, border Thailand and Myanmar, Saturday 09 April 2005. Approzimately 95% of the Thai citizenry are Buddhists. Young boys aged between 7 and 14 are ordained as novices to learn the Buddhist doctrines. It's believed that they will gain merit ordaining for their parents. (KEYSTONE/EPA/VINAI DITHAJOHN)