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Shinbyu is not only the festival for the young boy entering into the monastery, the entire family are honored. The sisters of the young boys are allowed to have their ears pierced with a gold needle by the head monk, And great honor is bestowed upon a family whose son undergoes a shinbyu. Sometimes families without children or without a boy will adopt a relative or village boy and pass him through the Shinbyu ritual to gain the esteemed Buddhist recognition.