Monorom Neth’s brother, Sarkarl, becoming a novice monk at the Khemara Buddihikaram Cambodian Buddhist Temple in Long Beach, CA, 1988. Monorom’s mother, Om Van, is presenting Sarkarl’s robes to him. The robes are protected by an embroidered and beaded covering called a “trai.” He was ordained by Rev. Kong Cheang, the temple’s Abbot and the first Cambodian Buddhist monk in the U.S.
