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Official name     :  Republic of the Union of MyanmarArea                  :  676 600 km² Population         :  61 millions 

Capital              :  Nay Pyi Daw since 2005Biggest city       :  Yangon (Almost 6 millions inhabitants)

Sharing a common border with India, China, Bangladesh, Laos, and Thailand, Myanmar is about the size France and England together, one of the largest countries in Southeast Asia. Its length is about 2.000 km from the Tenasseri Peninsula in the south to the north of Himalaya mountain ranges which border Yunnan, Tibet and India

People and ethnic groups:  Out of the 135 different ethnic groups, 68% are Burmese, 9% Shan, 7% Karen

Official language: Burmese (Sino– tibetan)

Religion:  Theravada Bouddhism (87%), Christians (5%), Islam (4%)

An old Asian proverb says the world’s most beautiful women have a Thai smile, Indian eyes, and Burmese skin. Perhaps the Burmese have thanaka to thank for the glowing reputation of their complexion

Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi A young Yao lady in Shan state

A Laytoo Chin woman Chan villager near Kalaw

Akha Woman wearing

Traditional Beaded and

Silver Embellished

Head-Dress Shan State

Flying-lantern boy

Tachileik Shwedagon Statues

Kambawza Thardi Palace Bago

Kambawza Thardi Palace Bago

Bago (aka Pegu), just

80 kms from

Yangon

This reclining Buddha in Bago is a concrete structure 180 meters long and 40 meters high, and construction which began in 1992 and that of course is accomplished with the donations of the faithful Buddhists, is now almost finished. The Buddha image is known as Yan Aung Chantha Zinathuka.

Yan Aung Chantha Zinathuka.

The reclining Buddha of

Shwethalyaung is one of the most

venerated Bouddhas in

Myanmar. Dimension: Length 55 m, height,: 16 m, small finger,:

3.05 m

Shwethalyaung pagoda - Bago -

Myanmar (Burma) - 1999

Shwethalyaung was once the largest reclining image of the Buddha in the country and is one of largest Buddha in the world

The Shwemawdaw Paya is a stupa located in Bago,

Myanmar. It is often referred to as the Golden

God Temple.

At 375 feet in height, the

Shwemadaw holds the record

for the tallest pagoda in the

country although the Shwedagon

Pagoda in Yangon is usually

credited as the tallest pagoda in Myanmar (at 98

meters - approximately

321.5 ft).

Bago three Buddhas

Bago Kyaik Pun Paya (four seated Buddhas) Bago

‘Earth touching' mudra, calling Mother Earth to witness the Buddha's Enlightenment

Bago Kyaik Pun Paya

(four seated

Buddhas) Bago

Bago

Silver headdress of the Akha tribe Golden Triangle

The Akha are an indigenous hill tribe that live in small villages at high altitudes in the mountains of Thailand, Burma, Laos, and Yunnan Province in China.

Bagan

Bagan Shwezigon Pagoda

The whole banana plant, in fact, is very useful. The leaves of the banana tree can be used for wrapping foods to steam or grill, and as placemats for serving. Fresh and young banana plant stems are used in one of burmese favorite soups, mohinga, which is a pungent fish curry poured over noodles and typically eaten for breakfast. Banana blossoms often turn up in curry or salads. Thus the sweet fruit of the banana is but one of several foods and flavours offered by this versatile plant.

Childhood Museum in Bethnal Green - burmese puppetsThis rather famous toy museum is a branch of the Victoria & Albert Museum

Burmese Puppet prince Mintha – Early to Mid 20th Century

Old Burmese Puppet Old Burmese Puppet known as General Sitthy gyi

Burmese Ramayana

The lacquer takes its roots in China it there has a few three thousand years, and then developed in all the Southeast Asia. In Myanmar the tree which one takes the resin is it Thit-si.

Mawlamyine, Burma - The Thanlwin Bridge

Welcome to Taunggyi

Bagaya Kyaung Monastery, Inwa

Temple architecture is typically of brick and stucco, and pagodas are often covered with layers of gold leaf while monasteries tend to be built of wood

Bagaya Kyaung Monastery, Inwa

Bagan Archaeological Museum with statue of King Pyusawhti

Pyusawhti was a semi-legendary king of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), who according to the Burmese chronicles supposedly reigned from 167 to 242 CE

Bagan Archaeological Museum with statue of King Pyusawhti

Shwe In Bin Kyaung – Mandalay The Main Buddha Image

Yangon Monks in residential quarters, Shwedagon Paya

An integral part of life, Myanmar gold leaf appears everywhere throughout the country once known as Burma.

You see it gilding the exterior of pagodas. Step inside temples and you will find locals lined up to rub small squares of gold leaf on the Buddha as offerings.

Chin State - Traditional Dress

Most Myanmar are Buddhist of the Theravada stream. Central to their religious beliefs is karma, the concept that good begets good and evil begets evils. Another belief is that all living things go through reincarnation.

Padaung (Yan Pa Doung) is a Shan term for the Kayan Lahwi (the group whose women wear the brass neck coils)

Mandalay

Traditional dance

Boats on the shore of Taungthaman Lake Amarapura

Amarapura Taxi

Amarapura

Amarapura is a former capital of

Myanmar, and now a township of Mandalay.

Amarapura

Amarapura

AmarapuraCrossing U Bein Bridge

U Bein Bridge is a crossing that spans the Taungthaman Lake near Amarapura in Myanmar.

The 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) bridge was built around 1850 and is believed to be the oldest and longest teakwood bridge in the world.

AmarapuraCrossing U Bein Bridge

AmarapuraU Bein Bridge

Construction began when the capital of Ava Kingdom moved to Amarapura, and the bridge is named after the mayor who had it built.

U Bein Bridge is used as an important passageway for the local people and has also become a tourist attraction and therefore a significant source of income for souvenir sellers.It is particularly busy during July and August when the lake is at its highest.

Amarapura

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Sound: Hlaing Win Maung – The little rowing boat