Nearly every Church and Buddhist Temple I visited so far got a Bell... Before i came in contact with Buddhist culture here in South East Asia I thought Bells would some very unique Christian thing....also monks and nuns is something both religions share...during a short internet research about bells it got even more interesting!!! read the following link if you want to know more...
http://www.historyofbells.com/bells-history/history-of-church-bells/
picture taken in a Buddhist monastery in Chiang Rai Thailand...
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