<img class = "expand-img-horiz" itemprop = "url" src = "https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/371358fc4502147439ffc76b6801955535884d95/c=236-0-4763-3404/ Local / – / media / 2018/07/24 / USATODAY / USATODAY / 636680305733617460-AP-Thailand-Cave.1.jpg? width = 534 & height = 401 & fit = crop "alt =" The Ekkapol football coach Chantawong, at right, and the members of the team that were rescued last week from a flooded cave were razed at a traditional Buddhist ceremony in Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai Province, Le. North of Thailand, July 24, 2018. (Photo: Sakchai Lalit, AP)

The odyssey of a youth soccer team rescued from a Thai cave was found. is continued Tuesday when 11 of the boys attended a solemn ceremony shaved before being ordained as Buddhist novices.

The families of the boys were committed to order the boys in sign He was grateful for the monumental international effort that freed them from the partially flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai

. The boys, dressed in white, lined up in front of a table covered with burning candles, food and other gifts for Buddhist temple minds. The boys prayed, bowed and took their places. A group of monks and others in the audience then took part in the haircut and shaved their heads.

Boys aged 11 to 17 will be officially ordained on Wednesday and will spend nine days at Wat Pha That Doi Wao Temple. their homes in northern Thailand. It's about how long they were trapped before the first team of rescue divers reached them, 2.5 miles from the entrance to the cave.

"This temple will be where they will reside after ordination.I hope they will find peace, strength and wisdom in practicing Buddha teaching," said Phra. Khru Prayutjetiyanukarn, acting abbot of the temple

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the boys, Ekapol Chanthawong, lived more than eight years as Buddhist novice and will be ordained monk. Adul Sam-on, 12th member of the team, is not Buddhist and does not participate in ceremonies.

The boys and their coach entered the cave on June 23 after playing soccer for a team-building exercise. to last an hour or two. They escaped before the monsoon rain inflicted floods.

They had no food, drank water that was flowing from the walls of the cave and meditated to appease their fears and occupy their minds

and the support of more than one dozens of countries, including the United States. On the tenth day of the rescue operation, two British divers fell on the cave shelf, shivering and starving, but in relatively good health.

The complex rescue operation took a week of preparation and execution. A diver, former SEAL sailor Saman Kunan, died while installing oxygen tanks along the exit route.

The boys were released from hospital last Wednesday. They devote their time in the temple to the diver who died saving them.

"The ordinations are supposed to give us peace of mind," said Sangiemjit Wongsukchan, the mother of one of the boys. "We can only do this for nine days, because he will have to go back to study and prepare for the exams Back to his normal life."

Contributor: The Associated Press

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