And many a Burmese will see in his temple’s over-all form the person of the Buddha seated in meditation; compare, for example, the shape of the figure in Plate 25 with that of the Shwedagon in ...

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Few of the Chinese are applying for naturalization, even though many of them are Burma-born and have never visited China. They have their own schools and temples, their omen cultural activities.

BANGKOK--A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist ...

BAGAN, Myanmar, July 6 (AFP): A squad of gun-toting police patrol Myanmar's sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers snatching relics from temples forsaken by tourists ...