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Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.684] ’Planetary post of Rahu.’ In Yangon (Rangoon) a Burmese family is venerating the red planetary post of Rahu at the base of the Shwedagon Pagoda. Rahu was believed to be the mythical planet which causes eclipses. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.689] ’Tiger statue.’ 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 scooping water from a silver bowl. She will pour the water on the tiger statue that is associated with the moon and monday, thus ritually washing it. Worshippers make offerings to planetary posts according to the day of the week they were born. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.695] ’Golden meditation-2.’ The terrace around the Naungdawyi Stupa in the northeastern corner of Yangon’s Shwedagon temple is open only to meditating men. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.698] ’Golden meditation-3.’ The terrace around the Naungdawyi Stupa in the northeastern corner of Yangon’s Shwedagon temple is open only to meditating men. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.706] ’Statue at Kaba Aye Pagoda.’ Statue at the Kaba Aye Pagoda in Yangon (Rangoon). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.714] ’Tower at Insein.’ The central square of the Ah Lain Nga Sint Pagoda at the village of Insein, north of Yangon, is occupied by an octagonal tower. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & 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.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.707] ’Fortune-teller’s poster.’ A poster of a palm-reading fortune-teller at Yangon’s Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda promises good advice in matters of love and relations. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.673] ’Kandawgyi Lake and Shwedagon Pagoda.’ In the last glow of the evening the golden stupa of the Shwedagon Pagoda hovers above the mirror-like surface of Yangon’s Kandawgyi Lake. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[BURMA 24.684]
’Planetary post of Rahu.’

In Yangon (Rangoon) a Burmese family is venerating the red planetary post of Rahu at the base of the Shwedagon Pagoda. Rahu was believed to be the mythical planet which causes eclipses. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [BURMA 24.684] ’Planetary post of Rahu.’ In Yangon (Rangoon) a Burmese family is venerating the red planetary post of Rahu at the base of the Shwedagon Pagoda. Rahu was believed to be the mythical planet which causes eclipses. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[BURMA 24.684]
’Planetary post of Rahu.’

In Yangon (Rangoon) a Burmese family is venerating the red planetary post of Rahu at the base of the Shwedagon Pagoda. Rahu was believed to be the mythical planet which causes eclipses. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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