After the parade, the platforms are returned to the Monastery’s courtyard, where the young boys await the beginning of the ceremony. This one wears an elaborate head-dress that covers not only his head, but the entire front of his chest. His face is painted with Thanaka, a paste made of tree bark. I noticed the way his hands still grasped the arms of his tiny throne, and made sure that I included just the hands and arms of the adults arrayed behind him.