Thailand: the cave becomes a national park – children go to the monastery



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In Thailand, after the lucky rescue of the football team trapped, there are problems for the future use of the site. The government plans to turn the area around the cave in the north of the country into a national park.

It causes resentment among local residents. Some fear that fields and houses will be expropriated, as the daily newspaper "Bangkok Post" writes. Controversial are also considerations for setting up some kind of museum in the cave.

During the tragedy many neighbors had helped for free. Many fields have been flooded due to the need to pump huge amounts of water from the flooded cave of Tham Luang-Khun Nam Nang No. After 17 days, the twelve players of a junior football team and their coach were rescued.

After being released from hospital, almost all go to a Buddhist monastery this week: Eleven players and l & 25-year-old coach announce their arrival shave your head this Wednesday and say goodbye to the convent for several days. Thus, adolescents do not go to school immediately as originally planned

Only a boy does not go to the monastery

In Buddhism, this is done to "purify" after negative experiences. Only a boy who is Christian is not there. Children are between 11 and 17 years old

The twelve young footballers and their coaches were trapped in the cave near their hometown on June 23 by the rapid rise of water. Nine days later, they were found.

From that moment, they received food, received medical care and, after two good weeks, were released from the cave in a risky action. The rescue caused a sensation worldwide. A diver died in action. International experts and doctors of cave diving as well as members of a special unit of the Thai Navy participated in this difficult mission.

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