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FEATURE (Category: Asia | Myanmar | all seasons | cultural-historical | traditional peoples | religion | outdoor | cycling)
Myanmar: Deep into mystical Burma
Myanmar: Deep into mystical Burma
Myanmar (former Burma) is a land of great contradictions. Its spirititual people are heart-warmingly friendly but its military rule has a bad reputation where human rights are concerned. And although essentially a poor country, the landscape is dotted by gold-covered religious buildings. As most travellers visit Myanmar for highlights such as the medieval Bagan temple-complex and the mountain locked Inle Lake, it is while travelling its tree-shaded countryside roads that the true beauty of this mystical country reveals itself.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.667] ’Kandawgyi Lake.’ The shores of the Kandawgyi Lake near the centre of Burma’s capital Yangon are a favourite leisure spot for the citizens of the town. They enjoy the view of the Karaweik Restaurant, a non-floating reproduction of an ancient royal barge. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.667] ’Kandawgyi Lake.’ The shores of the Kandawgyi Lake near the centre of Burma’s capital Yangon are a favourite leisure spot for the citizens of the town. They enjoy the view of the Karaweik Restaurant, a non-floating reproduction of an ancient royal barge. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
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’Washing a tiger.’
At the ‘planetary post’ of the moon, a small shrine near the base of the central stupa of Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda, a woman is ritually washing a tiger statue that is associated with the moon and monday. Worshippers make offerings to planetary posts according to the day of the week they were born. Photo Mick Palarczyk. [BURMA 24.686]
’Washing a tiger.’
At the ‘planetary post’ of the moon, a small shrine near the base of the central stupa of Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda, a woman is ritually washing a tiger statue that is associated with the moon and monday. Worshippers make offerings to planetary posts according to the day of the week they were born. Photo Mick Palarczyk. All rights reserved. No permission for reproduction, including copying or saving of digital image files or text, is granted without prior written authorisation from the author.
