Wire Service: AFP
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Dozens of Thai monks, clad in vivid orange robes, untangle their hands bound with sacred Buddhist thread after performing a chanting ceremony to protect the anti-government "Red Shirts".
Since mass protests began in Bangkok in mid-March demanding snap elections, the red-dressed crowds have been speckled with the monks' distinctive attire despite a long-held monastic custom of keeping out of Thai politics.
"We have been staying with the people from the beginning, more than one month already," said a 70-year-old monk, Doctor Tuanchai.
"We sleep on the roadside. It's a very difficult life but we decided to do it for peace and harmony and love for the Thai people."