It seems so unusual that there is segregation here. On the boat over to ogre island women were not allowed to sit on the top, but had to sit in the section by the engine or at the very front or back of the boat. I have been segregated before on boats in Kerala, but I was amazed that there are also many temples where it is either forbidden for women to go into the main temple or walk around the top pagoda. In all the Asian countries that I have previously visited I have never come across this gender segregation before in the Buddhist faith.
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