Spires and pagodas at every turn and they are a gathering place for many on this New Year’s Day, especially for the teenagers it would seem.
Religion is much in evidence, in Yangon I saw several mosques and Hindu temples as well as churches.
Mandalay is a city steeped in history. These pagodas are part of a huge set of thousands each containing a stone tablet of Buddhist scripture.
Nearby is a nineteenth century royal monastery full of amazing carving. The adjacent huge, ‘incomparable’ monastery building is a recent rebuilding, since (the notice told me) the original had ‘mysteriously’ burnt down during the time the British were responsible for it, it was also pointed out that the enormous diamond being held by the statue of the Buddha has never been seen since.
Steve
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